CONSTITUTION AND STATUTES 



Grand Lodge 
Knights of PyTHins 



DOMAIN OF IOWA 



ADOPTED AUGUST 13, 1903 




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GRAND CONSTITUTION 



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GRAND STATUTES 



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Domain of Iowa 



Adopted at Council Bluffs 

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REPORT OF JUDICIARY COMMITTEE. 



To the Grand C/iancellor and ^Members of the Grand 
Lodge Knights of Pythias, Domain of lozva : 

Your committee on Judiciary has had under advise- 
ment Document Number Eleven (ii) Proceedings of 
Grand Lodge, 1902, the proposed new Grand Constitution 
and Grand Statutes, and recommend that the same do 
pass as revised and amended by your Committee, as 
shov^'n by Exhibit '-B" hereto attached and made a part 
of this report. 

Your Committee further reports in favor of the 
adoption of the recommendations of vour former Com- 
mittee, as set out on pages one ( i) and two (2). Exhibit 
-B". 

Rice H. Bell, 

C. E. Vance, 

D. A. Jay, 

E. H. Gamble, 

Edward Mills, [ Committee. 

T. M. Shockley, 
J. M. Grimm. 
J. M. Wilson. 
J. S. Dewell, 



EXHIBIT "B." 

To the Grand Chancellor, Officers and Members of the Grand 
Lodge, Knights of Pythias, Domain of Iowa: 
Your Committee on Judiciary has had under advisement 
document number eleven (11), the proposed new Grand Consti- 
tution and Grand Statutes, and recommend that the same do 
pass, and that the recommendation contained in the report of the 
Judiciary Committee be adopted, and your Judiciary Committee 
do further recommend that the following enacting clause be 
inserted on page ten (10) of the printed report between the words 
Grand Statutes and Title 1: 

Be it enacted by the Grand Lodge, Knights of Pythias, Domain 
of Iowa, that the following Code of Statutes be and the same are 
hereby enacted as the Grand Statutes of the Order Knights of Pyth- 
ias, Domain of Iowa, and shall take effect from and after the adoption 
of this enacting clause; provided, that the prosecution and punish- 
ment for all offenses committed and the protection and preservation 
of all rights accruing prior to the taking effect of these Statutes shall 
be governed by the laws in force prior to the enactment hereof. 

RICE H. BELL, 
F. M. MOLSBERRY, 
J. S. DEWELL, 
F. L. FERRIS, 
E. H. GAMBLE, 

C. E. VANCE, 
EDW. MILLS, 
J. M. WILSON, 

D. A. JAY, Committee. 



A proposition to revise and amend the Grand Constitution 
and Statutes: 

Be it enacted by the Grand Lodge of the Grand Domain of 
Iowa, that the Grand Constitution and Grand Statutes be revised 
and amended as shown by the report of the Judiciary Committee 
hereto attached, marked Exhibit "A" and made part of this 
proposition. 

F. M. MOLBSBBRRY, Liberty Lodge, No. 22. 

BDWARD MILLS, Laramie, No. 152. 

RICB H. BBLL, Morning Star, No. 5. 

C. A. TIBBBTS, St. Alban's, No. 17. 

H. C. DAUBER, Des Moines Valley, No. 262. 

B. I. SALINGER, S. R. 

F. S. STEWART, Centennial Lodge, No. 34. 

L. F. SPRINGER, No. 46. 

E. L. HOSTETER, No. 89. 
; H. C. SCHUTTS, No. 89. 

JNO. H. MERCKENS, No. 37. 
: J. W. CRUTCHFIELD, No. 281. 

L. R. COCHRAN, No. 302. 
! E. A. SCHLICHTING, No. 189. 



REPORT OF JUDICIARY COMMITTEE. 

To the Grand Chancellor, Officers and Members of the Grand 
Lodge, Knights of Pythias of the Domain of Iowa: 

Brother Knights: Your Judiciary Committee to whom was 
delegated authority by the Grand Lodge at its session in 1901 to' 
revise and codify the Grand Constitution and the Grand Statutes 
of this Domain, beg leave to submit the following as their report: 

The aim of your Committee has been to have the necessary 
law for your government in as concise and short form as possible. 

To this end your Committee has endeavored to leave out all 
matters that are completely covered by Supreme Law, and put in 
only such as we deem absolutely necessary. 

On account of a large number of Subordinate Lodges failing 
to keep in their Castle Hall copies of Supreme Constitution and 
Supreme Statutes, your Committee have embodied in an Appen- 
dix all Sections of Supreme Constitution and Statutes relating to 
the government of Subordinate Lodges, and we recommend that 
this Appendix of Supreme Law be published with the Grand 
Constitution and Statutes. When the Grand Constitution and 
Statutes have been passed and adopted, we recommend that a 
perfect and proper index be made and printed in connection with 
the Grand Constitution and Grand Statutes. 

We, therefore, submit this report for your serious thought, 
and trust you will use wisdom in considering the important sub- 
jects contained therein. 



Fraternally anc 


I respectfully, 




RICE 


H. BELL, 


Chairman, 


F. 


M. 


MOLSBERR'Y, 


F. 


L. 


FERRIS, 




C. 


E. 


VANCE, 




J. 


M. 


WILSON, 




D. 


A. 


JAY, 




J. 


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FERRIER, 




ED. MILLS, 




E. 


H. 


GAMBLE, 


Committee 



CONSTITUTION 

OF THE 

Grand Lodge, Knights of Pythias 

OF THE 

DOMAIN OF IOWA 



THE GRAND LODGE, KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS, THE SOURCE 
OF ALL AUTHORITY IN THE ORDER OF THE 
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS IN THE DOMAIN OF 
IOWA, DOTH ORDAIN AND ESTAB- 
LISH THIS GRAND CON- 
STITUTION. 



ARTICLE I.— TITLE. 

Section 1. This body shall be known as the Grand Loage, 
Knights of Pythias, of the Domain of Iowa, existing by virtue of 
a Charter duly and regularly issued by the Supreme Lodge, 
Knights of Pythias. 

ARTICLE II.— THE GRAND LODGE. 

Section 1. This Constitution and the Laws enacted by the 
Grand Lodge, not in conflict therewith, shall be the Grand Law 
of the Order of Knights of Pythias of this Domain. 

ARTICLE III.— COMPOSITION. 

Section 1. The Grand Lodge shall be composed of all who 
have attained the Grand Lodge Rank and are in good standing in 
a Subordinate Lodge in this Domain. 



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ARTICLE IV.— STRUCTURE OF THE GRAND LODGE. 

Section 1. The Order in tlie Domain of Iowa shall be con- 
stituted as follows: 

Paragraph 1. A Grand Government. 

Par. 2. Such Subordinate Lodges as possess Charters or 
warrants legally granted by t'ne Grand Lodge which have not 
been suspended or revoked. 

ARTICLE v.— THE GRAND GOVERNMENT. 

Section 1. The Grand Government for the Domain of Iowa 
shall consist of three independent, co-ordinate departments, viz.: 
A Legislative Department, an Executive Department, and a Ju- 
dicial Department. 

ARTICLE VI.— THE LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT. 

Section 1. The legislative powers of the Grand Government 
shall be vested in all Past Grand Chancellors in good standing in 
the Grand Lodge and in their respective Subordinate Lodges in 
this Domain; its officers as designated in this Constitution; and 
the Grand Representatives, legally elected or appointed. 

OFFICERS. 

Section 2. The Officers of the Grand Lodge shall be a Grand 
Chancellor, a Grand Vice-Chancellor, a Grand Prelate, a Grand 
Keeper of Records and Seal, a Grand Master of Exchequ-er, a 
Grand Master at Arms, a Grand Inner Guard, and a Grand Outer 
Guard, who shall be elected annually, as provided by law, and 
shall hold office for the term of one official year, or until their 
successors are duly elected and installed; also a Board of six 
Trustees, two of whom shall be elected annually for the term of 
three years; provided, the Trustees now holding office shall hold 
to the expiration of their terms. Any Past Chancellor in good 
standing in any lodge in this Domain, and in possession of the 
Grand Lodge Rank, shall be eligible to any office in the gift of the 
Grand Lodge, except Supreme Representative. 

SUPREME REPRESENTATIVES. 

Section 8. The Grand Lodge shall, at its regular convention 
in 1905, elect two Supreme Representatives, and biennially there- 



GRAND CONSTITUTION AND GRAND STATUTES 11 

after two or more Supreme Representatives, as it may be entitled 
to by Supreme Law and requisite to make up the full quota of 
this Domain. 

GRAND REPRESENTATIVES. 

Section 4. Each Subordinate Lodge shall be entitled to one 
Grand Representative, and to one additional Grand Representa- 
tive, for every fifty members thereof, and the Grand Representa- 
tive, or Grand Representatives present will be entitled to cast 
the number of votes to which each Lodge is entitled, as shown 
by the report of the Subordinate Lodge for the term ending 
December 31st of the preceding year, except that all Lodges 
instituted subsequent to that date shall be entitled to representa- 
tion as shown by the Instituting Officer; provided, that the 
Grand Lodge shall only pay for the attendance of one Representa- 
tive from each Lodge. 

Sec. 5. At the first regular meeting in Janaury, Subordinate 
Lodges shall elect their Grand Representative or Representatives 
together with an Alternate Grand Representative for each, for the 
term of one year. In the absence of the Grand Representative 
his AlterEate shall act in his stead, and in case of the inability of 
all the Representatives and Alternates elected to attend the 
sessions of the Grand Lodge, the Chancellor Commander may 
designate any eligible Past Chancellor to fill the vacancy or 
vacancies so created. 

Sec. 6. A Grand Representative or Alternate must be a Past 
Chancellor in good standing in his Subordinate Lodge within this 
Domain. Should a Grand Representative or Alternate cease to be 
in good standing in, or cease to be a member of his Subordinate 
Lodge, then, or in either of such cases, his rights as Grand Rep- 
resentative or Alternate shall cease and determine, and a vacancy 
shall be held to exist in such position. 

Sec. 7. All Past Chancellors in good standing in their respec- 
tive Subordinate Lodges, who have received the Grand Lodge 
Rank, shall be admitted to the convention of the Grand Lodge, 
and shall be eligible to appointment as members of all Commit- 
tees thereof. 

Sec. 8. All Past Chancellors in good standing who have 
attained the Grand Lodge Rank shall have a right to debate on all 



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questions before the Grand Lodge, but shall not be entitled to a 
vote, unless they are officers thereof, or the accredited Grand 
Representative of a Subordinate Lodge of this Domain. 

Sec. 9. The regular conventions of the Grand Lodge shall -be 
held annually, on the second Wednesday in August, commencing 
at 10 o'clock a. m., unless a different date be designated by the 
Grand Lodge, at such place as may have been designated at the 
preceding regular convention; provided, that if the place is not 
so designated, the Convention shall be held in the City of Des 
Moines, Iowa; provided, also, that for good and sufficient reason 
to them appearing, the Grand Chancellor, by and with the consent 
of a majority of the Grand Council, may designate a different time 
or place at which such convention shall be held. 

Sec. 10. A quorum of the Grand Lodge for the transaction 
of business shall consist of not less than seventy-five Grand 
Representatives; provided, that fifty Grand Representatives may 
receive and act upon certificates and credentials, and any number 
may meet and adjourn from day to day. 

Sec. 11. The following powers are reserved to the Grand 
Lodge, viz.: 

Paragraph 1. To pass upon and determine all questions 
relative to the qualifications and election of its members. 

Par. 2. To enact laws for its own government and protection 
not in conflict with Supreme Law, and to prescribe rules of pro- 
cedure for the conduct of its business. 

Par. 3. To prescribe the powers and duties of its commit- 
tees. 

Par. 4. To prescribe the powers and duties of its other 
officers, except as they may be fixed by the Ritual, the Supreme 
Law and this Constitution. 

Par. 5. To provide by law a revenue for the Grand Govern- 
ment. 

Par. 6. To make appropriations of money for the mainten- 
ance of the Grand Government, 

Par. 7. To define offenses against the Grand Law, and to 
prescribe penalties therefor. 

Par. 8. To provide by law for the compilation, publication 
and enforcement of the decrees of the Grand Tribunal. 



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Par. 9. To enact laws for the government of Subordinate 
Lodges. 

Par. 10. To grant Charters to Subordinate Lodges within 
this Domain, and to provide by law for the issue, revocation, sus- 
pension, restoration and reissue of such Charters. 

Par. 11. To enact such laws as shall secure the conformity 
of the By-Laws of all Subordinate Lodges to the Grand Law. 

Par. 12. To require from any Officer of the Grand Lodge or 
of any Subordinate Lodge, such reports, credentials or certificates 
as may be prescribed by law. 

Par. 13. To require from Subordinate Lodges within this 
Domain such reports as may be required by law. 

Par. 14. To prescribe by law what shall constitute good 
standing in the Order, except as provided by Supreme Law. 

Par. 15. To enact laws for the promotion of the general 
welfare of the Oraer in this Domain. 

Par. 16. To enact laws which shall be necessary to carry 
into execution all powers vested in this Grand Government by 
the Supreme Constitution or any amendment thereof. 

Par. 17. To exercise all power and authority not reserved 
to the Supreme Government or prohibited thereby. 

Sec. 12. The Grand Lodge may by law provide for the im- 
peachment and removal from ofiice of the Grand Chancellor or a 
Grand Tribune, and for the trial and removal from office of any 
officer of the Grand Lodge other than the Grand Chancellor; it 
may define the offenses for which such proceedings or either of 
them will lie, but judgments in such cases shall not extend be- 
yond removal from office and disqualification to hold office in the 
Order thereafter. In all cases, removal from and disqualifica- 
tion to hold office, shall require the affirmative vote, by yeas and 
nays,. of two-thirds of all the members of the tribunal which shall 
have been established for the trial thereof; provided, that con- 
viction shall not preclude or prevent the trial of the party for 
the same offense in any other tribunal .of the Order having juris- 
diction. 

Sec. 13. All laws enacted by the Grand Lodge shall be of 
general application, shall be formulated as statutes and shall be 



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Styled Grand Statutes, and when introduced and while under 
consideration shall be styled propositions. 

Sec. 14. A proposition shall embrace not more than one 
subject, which shall be clearly expressed in its title. 

Sec. 15. A proposition, which provides for the repeal or 
amendment of a statute, shall recite in its title the statute to be 
repealed or amended. 

Sec. 16. A proposition shall not become a statute until it 
shall first have been referred to and reported on by the apprO' 
priate committee and passed by the affirmative majority vote of 
all members of the Grand Lodge present and entitled to vote; 
but this section shall not apply to propositions offered or pre- 
sented by a standing committee. 

Sec. 17. The enacting clause of every proposition shall be 
as follows: "Be it enacted by the Grand Lodge, Knights of 
Pythias of the Domain of Iowa," and shall precede or be a part 
of the first section of such proposition. 

Sec. 18. All statutes shall take effect thirty days after their 
passage unless therein otherwise provided. 

Sec. 19. The resolving clause of every resolution shall be as 
follows: "Be it resolved by the Grand Lodge, Knights of Pythias 
of the Domain of Iowa." 

Sec. 20. A Journal of the proceedings of the Grand Lodge 
shall be kept, and published in such manner as the Grand. Lodge 
may by law provide, and such Journal shall be prima facie evi- 
dence of all acts of the Grand Lodge therein chronicled. 

ARTICLE VII.— THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT. 

Section 1. The Executive powers of the Grand Government, 
shall be vested in a Grand Chancellor, who shall be elected and 
shall hold his office "as provided in this Constitution. 

Sec. 2. In case of the removal from oflSce, of the Grand 
Chancellor, or of his death, resignation or inability to discharge 
the duties of said office, the same shall devolve on the Grand 
Vice-Chancellor. 

Sec. 3. In case of death, resignation, removal from office or 
inability of both the Grand Chancellor and the Grand Vice-Chan- 



GRAND CONSTITUTION AND GRAND STATUTES 15 

cellor, the vacancies shall be filled as the Grand Lodge may by 
law provide. 

Sec. 4. The Grand Chancellor shall enforce the Supreme 
and Grand Laws and the decrees of the Supreme and Grand 
Tribunals. 

Sec. 5. Except when otherwise provided by law. the Grand 
Chancellor shall fill, by appointment, any vacancy in any office ot 
the Grand Lodge which may occur during its recess. 

Sec. 6. The Grand Chancellor may, as provided by law, ap 
point and commission Deputy Grand Chancellors, whose duties 
and compensation shall be fixed by law. 

Sec. 7. The Grand Chancellor, at each regular convention of 
the Grand Lodge, shall present to it a report of all his official 
acts during its recess. His report shall contain information in 
regard to the state of the Order, and such recommendations as he 
may deem necessary and expedient. 

Sec. 8. The Grand Chancellor may call special conventions 
of the Grand Lodge in the manner by law provided. 

Sec. 9. The Grand Chancellor, during the recess of the 
Grand Lodge, shall have authority to grant, in the manner pro- 
vided by law, warrants for the institution of Subordinate Lodges 
within this Domain, and warrants so granted shall be in force 
until suspended or revoked in the manner provided by law, or 
superseded by Charters legally granted. 

Sec. 10. The Grand C'aancellor shall have power to grant 
such Dispensations as may be authorized by law. 

Sec. 11. The Grand Chancellor shall require the execution 
and delivery to him of the bonds which may by law be required 
of officers of the Grand Lodge, and he shall be the custodian of 
such bonds. 

Sec. 12. The Grand Chancellor shall perform such other 
duties as may be provided by the Supreme and Grand Law. 

Sec. 13. The Grand Chancellor shall receive such compen- 
sation as the Grand Lodge may provide by law. 



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ARTICLE VIII.— THE JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT. 

Section 1. The Judicial powers of the Grand Government 
shall be vested in one Grand Tribunal, as herein granted. 

Paragraph 1. The Grand Tribunal shall consist of five Tri- 
bunes, three of whom shall constitute a quorum. 

Par. 2. The Tribune shall select, as provided by law, one of 
their number who shall preside as Chief Tribune. 

Par. 3. Every decision of the Grand Tribunal shall require a 
concurrence of three Tribunes. 

Sec. 2. The Tribunes shall be nominated by the Grand 
Chancellor as the Grand Lodge may by law provide, which nom- 
inations shall require for confirmation the affirmative vote of a 
majority of all the members of the Grand Lodge present and 
entitled to vote. 

Paragraph 1. Each Tribune at the date of his selection and 
during the term of his service, shall be a Past Chancellor in good 
standing. 

Par. 2. A Tribune shall not hold the position of Supreme or 
Grand Representative, or any office in the Supreme, Grand or 
Subordinate Lodge during the term of his service, nor exercise 
any of the functions of a member of the legislative department. 

Par. 3. The term of each Tribune shall be five years; pro- 
vided that the present members of the Grand Tribunal shall fill 
out their terms. 

Par. 4. Each Tribune shall receive a compensation to be 
fixed by the Grand Lodge, which shall not be changed during his 
term. 

Par. 5. Should a vacancy occur in the membership of the 
Grand Tribunal during the recess of the Grand Lodge, the Grand 
Chancellor shall fill the same by appointment, until the next 
annual convention. 

Par. 6. The Grand Lodge may, by law, provide for the ap- 
pointment of a special Tribune in any cause in which a regular 
Tribune shall be unable to attend, or incompetent to serve. 



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Sec. 3. The Grand Tribune shall have jurisdiction as fol- 
lows: 

Paragraph 1. It shall have exclusive jurisdiction of contro- 
versies between Subordinate Lodges of this Domain. 

Par. 2. It shall have original but not exclusive jurisdiction in 
this Domain of controversies wherein non-conformity to, violation 
of, or the construction of the Supreme or Grand Law are com- 
plained of, or are in question. 

Par. 3. It shall have appellate jurisdiction both as to law 
and fact. 

Sec. 4. Cases may be carried to the Grand Tribunal by Ap- 
peal or Writ of Error, with such exceptions and under such 
restrictions and regulations as the Grand Lodge may by law pre- 
scribe; provided there s.iall be no appeal allowed from an ac- 
quittal by a Subordinate Lodge except on assignment of errors to 
settle the law of the case, and no decision of the Grand Tribunal 
shall affect one who has been acquitted of a Pythian offense. 

Sec. 5. The Grand Tribunal shall hold regular and special 
sessions as may be provided by the Grand Statutes. 

Sec. 6. The Grand Tribunal may adopt and enforce rules of 
practice and procedure for the conduct and dispatch of its bus- 
iness. 

'6ec. 7. The Grand Tribunal may appoint a Recorder, who 
shall receive such compensation as may be provided by law. 

ARTICLE IX.— SUBORDINATE LODGES. 

Section 1. A Subordinate Lodge shall be instituted only as 
may be provided by law, and shall exist only by virtue of a War- 
rant or Charter issued in accordance therewith; it shall consist 
of not less than ten members, seven of whom shall constitute a 
quorum; it shall have and exercise subordinate Pythian authority 
and control over such territory as may be prescribed by law, 
subject to the laws established by the Supreme and this Grand 
Lodge. Two or more Subordinate Lodges shall have concurrent 
territorial jurisdiction when located in the same city or town or 
other contiguous territory. 



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Sec. 2. The ritualistic officers of a Subordinate Lodge siiail 
be as designated in the Subordinate Lodge Ritual. They shall be 
nominated, elected and installed and vacancies in office shall be 
filled as provided by law. The official terms of such officers shall 
loe one year from January 1, or until their successors are elected 
and installed. 

Sec. 3. A Subordinate Lodge may elect or appoint such Trus- 
tees or other non-ritualistic officers as may be authorized by the 
Grand Lodge. 

Sec. 4. Each Subordinate Lodge shall display its Warrant 
or Charter and the Flag of the United States of America in its 
•Oastle Hall whenever in session. 

Sec. 5. No meeting for the transaction of business or work 
shall be held, and no excursion or entertainment shall be had by 
a Subordinate Lodge on the first day of the week, commonl5 
Jinown as Sunday. 

Sec. 6. The Ranks of Knighthood shall be attained and 
conferred only in accordance with the requirements of the Su- 
preme Law. The conditions of eligibility to such Ranks shall be 
■uniform, and as fixed by the Supreme Statutes. The fees for the 
Hanks of Knighthood shall not be less than fifteen dollars except 
.as herein otherwise provided, and the fee for membership by 
deposit of a card shall be such as the Grand Lodge may pre- 
-scribe; provided, that the fee for the Charter members of a new 
.LiOdge shall not be less than ten dollars for the three Ranks. The 
■Grand Chancellor may by dispensation authorize a Subordinate 
Lodge to charge not less than ten dollars for the Ranks of Knight- 
hood; provided, that no one dispensation shall cover a period of 
more than three months. 

Sec. 7. Membership in a Subordinate Lodge may be obtained 
only as provided by the Supreme Law. Every person claiming 
the rights, benefits and privileges of the Order must be a member 
■of a Subordinate Lodge. 

Sec. 8. Each Subordinate Lodge shall have the power to 
determine for itself whether it will pay weekly benefits to its 
fembers and the amount thereof. 

Sec. 9. Each Subordinate Lodge shall have By-Laws for itn 
own government, which shall be in conformity to the Supreme 



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and Grand Laws and to the decisions of the Supreme and Grand 
Tribunals, but a Subordinate Lodge shall not enact or enforce 
any by-laws which shall abridge the rights or privileges secured 
to a member of the Order by the Supreme or Grand Law. 

ARTICLE X.— AMENDMENTS. 

Section 1. Amendments may be made to this Constitution 
consistent with the laws of the Supreme Lodge, at any regular 
annual convention of the Grand Lodge, by a two-thirds vote of 
the members present entitled to vote; provided, that all such 
amendments shall be proposed in writing at least one day before 
action thereon, and no amendment shall be voted upon at the 
same annual convention, when proposed except by unanimous 
consent and when signed by ten Grand Representatives." 

Provided, also, that w^hen at any time, any provision of this 
Constitution may be found to be in conflict with the Supreme 
Laws, then the notice and consent contemplated in the preceding 
proviso shall not be requisite. 

ARTICLE XL— GENERAL PROVISIONS. 

Section 1. All Legislation of the Grand Lodge in force prior 
to the adoption of this Constitution is hereby repealed. 

Sec. 2. This Constitution shall take effect immediately upon 
the adjournment of this Grand Lodge. 



GRAND STATUTES 

Be it enacted by the Grand Lodge, Knights of Pythias, 
Domain of Iowa, that the following Code of Statutes be and the 
same are hereby enacted as the Grand Statutes of the Order 
Knights of Pythias, Domain of Iowa, and shall take effect from 
and after the adoption of this enacting clause; provided, that the 
prosecution and punishment for all offenses committed and the 
protection and preservation of all rights accruing prior to the 
taking effect of these Statutes shall be governed by the laws in 
force prior to the enactment hereof. 

TITLE I 
The Grand Lodge 

CHAPTER I 

JUEISDICTIOX. 

1. The State of Iowa. The Grand Lodge, subject to ihe 
Supreme Lodge, Knights of Pythias, is the source of all authority 
in the Order of Knights of Pythias within the State of Iowa. 

CHAPTER II. 

GRAND CHANCELLOR AND DEFINING HIS POWERS AND DUTIES. 

2. Paragraph 1. General Supervision. The Grand Chan- 
cellor shall have and exercise general supervision over the Order 
in this Domain. He shall enforce obedience to all constitutional 
and statutory enactments, rules and edicts of the Supreme or 
Grand Lodge, and require that the work and discipline of the 
Order in this Domain shall be legal and uniform. 

Par. 2. Enforce Decrees and iVlandates. He shall have au- 
thority to enforce the mandates and decrees of the Grand Tri- 
bunal, and such other reasonable and necessary orders as he may 
believe to be for the best interests of the Order. All orders 



22 GRAND LODGE KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS 

made or commands given by him, not in conflict with existing 
laws shall be respected and have the same effect as the enact- 
ments of the Grand Lodge, and shall remain in force until revers- 
ed, set aside or counterm.anded by the Grand Lodge. 

Par. 3. Preside. He shall preside at all sessions of the 
Grand Lodge, preserve order therein and enforce the laws and 
rules governing the same. 

Par. 4. Appoint Officers and Committees. He shall appoint 
Grand Officers pro tem in case of the temporary absence or dis- 
qualification of any officer, and shall appoint all committees not 
otherwise provided by the Grand Lodge. 

Par. 5. Render Opinions. He shall render opinions upon all 
questions of law or usage, except such as should be passed upon 
by the Grand Tribunal, when requested so to do by a Subordinate 
Lodge of this Domain under its seal. 

Par. 6. Grant Warrants. He may grant Warrants for the 
organization of Subordinate Lodges, when a petition therefor has 
been approved by him; institute the same in person or by Dep- 
uty Grand Chancellor to be by him specially appointed for that 
purpose, and report such warrants and institution to the Grand 
Lodge at its next annual convention thereafter. 

Par. 7. Dispensations. He may grant dispensations to Sub- 
ordinate Lodges in case of emergency, in all such matters as 
he may consider to be to the interest of the Order when the same 
is not inconsistent or in conflict with the Supreme or Grand Law. 

Par. 8. Visits. He shall visit personally at least forty Sub- 
ordinate Lodges in this Grand Domain in the course of the year 
in which he holds office. He may also, in person or by Deputy, 
convene and preside over any Subordinate Lodge whenever he 
may believe it to be for the best interests of the Order. 

Par. 9. Install Officers. He shall install in person or by 
Deputy Grand Chancellor or some Past Chancellor, the officers- 
elect of all Subordinate Lodges. 

Par. 10. Exemplify Secret Work. He shall exemplify the 
secret work of the Order in person or by a deputy whenever 
necessary. When the same is requested by any Lodge, and done 
by deputy, his actual traveling expenses shall be paid by the 
Lodge making the request. 



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Par. 11. Sign Orders. He shall sign all orders on the Grand 
Master of Exchequer, authorized by the Grand Lodge, and all 
other documents requiring his official signature. 

Par. 12. Report to Grand Lodge. He shall submit to each 
annual convention of the Grand Lodge, at the opening thereof, a 
printed report of the state of the Order in this Domain, together 
with such information and suggestions as, in his opinion, the 
good of the Order may require. . 

Par. 13. General Powers. He shall perform all the duties- 
prescribed for his office, by the laws and requirements of the 
Grand and the Supreme Lodge. 

Par. 14. Revoke Warrants and Charters. He shall declare 
the Warrant or Charter of a Subordinate Lodge revoked or sus- 
pended in all cases provided by the Supreme or Grand Law for 
such revocation or suspension. 

Par. 15. Official Seal. He shall have an official seal, which 
he shall attach to all official papers, documents, or orders eman- 
ating from his office, and not properly coming within the province 
of the official seal of the Grand Lodge, which may be legally used 
by him in impress, or in imprint counterpart. 

Par. 16. Appoint Standing Comnnittees After Installation. He 
shall, as soon as practicable after his installation, appoint from 
the members of the Grand Lodge the following standing com- 
mittees. 

1. A Committee on Judiciary. 

2. A Committee on Credentials. 

3. A Committee on By-Laws. 

4. A Committee on Mileage and Per Diem. 

5. A Committee on Printing. 

6. A Committee on Necrology. 

7. A Committee on Grand Lodge Arrangements. 

(a) The Committee on Judiciary, Credentials and Mileage- 
and Per Diem, shall consist of five members, and that on By- 
Laws, Necrology, Grand Lodge Arrangements and Printing, shall 
consist of three members each, and provided that the Grand 
Keeper of Records and Seal, and Grand Master of Exchequer 
shall be ex-officio members of the Committee on Printing, and 
there shall also be appointed annually an Editor of Fraternal. 
Correspondence. 



'24 GRAND LODGE KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS 

(b) Said Committees shall act until the close of the next 
annual convention. 

(c) The Grand Chancellor shall appoint members of each 
of said Committees to act as C'lairman and Vice-Chairman. 

Par. 17. Appoint Other Standing Committees at Opening of 
Convention. He shall appoint at the opening session of the first 
day of the Grand Lodge the following standing committees, con- 
sisting of three members each, whose term of service shall 
continue during the convention at which they are appointed. 

1. A Committee on Grlevarces. 

2. A Committee on Reports and Returns of Subordinate 
Lodges. 

3. A Committee on Warrants and Charters. 

4. A Committee on Rules. 

5. A Committee on Review and Reports. 

Par. 18. Appoint Deputy Grand Chancellor. He shall ap- 
point and commission, subject to revocation, a Deputy Grand 
Chancellor for each lodge. 

Par. 19. Appoint Other Deputies. He may appoint a deputy 
or deputies to aid and assist him in enforcing the laws of the 
Order or in carrying out their provisions, or in making official 
visits. 

Par. 20. Com^pensation. Their compensation shall be the 
came as that of members of committees for vacation work. For 
making official visits the Grand Lodge shall pay no mileage, but 
the Lodge visited shall pay his actual expenses. 

Par. 21. Ritualistic Duties. He shall perform such other 
duties as are required by the Ritual of the Order and the laws 
and statutes now in force or that may be hereafter enacted. 

Par. 22. Salary. The actual incumbent of the office of 
Grand Chancellor shall receive the sum of one hundred dollars 
per month for his services as such officer, for each month of his 
term, to be paid monthly at the end of each month. 

Par. 23. Grand Chancellor's Contingent Fund. There shall 
be set aside annually by the Grand Lodge the sum of Five Hun- 
dred Dollars (,$500), or such sum which, when taken with any 
fund remaining unexpended in the Fund hereby created, at the 
beginning of each official term, will equal the sum of Five Hun- 
dred Dollars ($500), which said sum shall be designated The 



GRAND CONSTITUTION AND GRAND STATUTES 25 

Grand Cliancellor's Contingent Fund, said fund to be under the 
exclusive jurisdiction of tlie Grand Chancellor at all times, a^d 
shall be judiciously used by him for the purpose of aiding and 
assisting, by official visit, by himself or deputy, weak and de- 
pendent Lodges, needful and worthy of assistance and stimula- 
tion. 

Par. 24. Visits, Personailj^ by Grand Chancellor or by Dep. 
uty. It shall be the duty of the Grand Chancellor to investigate 
and ascertain the name and number of all Lodges coming within 
the provisions of Section 23 hereof, and if, within his judgment 
a visit either by himself or deputy appointed for that purpose, as 
provided in the foregoing section, be deemed advisable, he may 
order the same and the payment of the expense therof out of said 
fund, in manner hereinafter set forth; provided, however, but 
two of such visits to any one Lodge for such purpose shall be 
made during the year. 

Par. 25. Per Diem and Mileage. When visits are made an 
provided by Sections 23 and 24 hereof by a deputy, there shall be 
allowed to such deputy Five Dollars ($5.00) for each day or 
fraction thereof actually spent in going to, working at and re 
turning from said Lodge, and mileage at three cents per mile by 
nearest route. The amount for such services and mileage, to 
gether with the report of such visit, stating the name, number 
and location of Lodge visited, shall be certified by the Grand 
Chancellor to the Grand Keeper of Records and Seal, whereupon 
a record shall be made by him of such report and the amount so 
certified shall be paid out of said Grand Chancellor's Contingenl 
Fund, upon proper order thereon. 

Par. 26. Record. It shall be the duty of the Grand Keeper 
of Records and Seal to keep an account of all orders drawn by 
him upon such fund, to whom paid, the name, number and loca- 
tion and membership of Lodge visited, and he shall include the 
same in his annual report to the Grand Lodge. 

CHAPTER III. 

G1{AND YICE-CIIANCELLOR AND DEFINING HIS TOWERS AND DUTIES. 

3. Have Supervision of Inner Door and Fill Office of Grand 
Chancellor. The Grand Vice-Chancellor shall have supervision 
of the inner door of the Grand lodge. In the absence or at the 
request of the Grand Chancellor, he shall preside over the Grand 



26 GRAND LODGE KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS 

Lodge, and in the event of the death, removal, resignation or in- 
ability of the Grand Chancellor to perform the duties of his office, 
the power of authority conferred on the Grand Chancellor, shall 
for the time being be asserted by the Grand Vice-Chancellor. He 
shall perform such other duties as are required by the usages of 
the Order and the laws and statutes in force. 

CHAPTER IV. 

GRAND PRELATE AND ITIS DUTIES. 

4. Ritualistic Duties. The Grand Prelate shall in addition to- 
the duties prescribed in the Rituals of the Order, perform sucli 
other duties consistent with his office, as the Grand Lodge may 
require. 

CHAPTER V. 

GRAND KEEPER OF RECORDS AND SEAL AND II IS DLTIES. 

5. Paragraph 1. Attend Conventions and Keep Journal. 
The Grand Keeper of Records and Seal shall attend each Con- 
vention of the Grand Lodge and keep a true and correct record 
of all its proceedings, and at the close of each annual Convention,, 
have the same printed, under the .supervision of the Committee 
on Printing, in such number as the Grand Lodge may direct, 
and transmit one copy to each Grand Lodge officer, and Grand 
Representative, two copies to each Subordinate Lodge in this 
Domain, one copy to each Grand Tribune, two copies to the office 
of the Recorder of the Grand Tribunal, two copies to each Grand 
Lodge of the Order, two copies to the Supreme Lodge, and two 
copies to each Supreme Representative. 

Par. 2. Keep Office Bool<s and Records. He shall, at the 
expense of the Grand Lodge, keep an office open during the 
ordinary business hours, for the transaction of the business of 
his office, and provide the same with and keep the necessary 
records, books, papers, stationery, etc., for carrying out the laws 
and performing the duties of his office; conduct its correspond- 
ence; file all papers relating to the business of the Grand Lodge,, 
and carefully preserve all documents, books and papers belong- 
ing thereto. 



GRAND CONSTITUTION AND GRAND STATUTES 27 

Par. 3. Prepare Forms and Provide Stationery. He shall 
prepare and cause to be printed blank forms for semi-annual re- 
turns of Subordinate Lodges, and such other blanks as may be 
necessary to obtain correct information of the work of the Order 
in this Domain; and provide all stationery for the use of the 
Grand Lodge and its officers. 

Par. 4. Keep Accounts. He shall keep the accounts between 
the Grand Lodge and its officers and all Subordinate Lodges, and 
report all delinquencies to the Grand Lodge. 

Par. 5. Draw Orders. He shall draw all orders on the 
Grand Master of Exchequer, as authorized by the Grand Lodge, 
attest the same with the Seal of the Grand Lodge, and make a 
full and detailed record of the same. 

Par. 6. Report in Writing to Annual Convention. He shall 
submit at each annual Convention, on the first day thereof, a 
written report of the transactions of his office for the past fiscal 
year, showing all moneys received and from what source, and 
such other information as the Grand Lodge may from tiriie to 
time direct, or the good of the Order require, together with 
such suggestions as he may deem of interest to the Grand Lodge; 
and estimates of the probable expenses and receipts of the Grand 
Lodge for the fiscal year next ensuing. 

Par. 7. Annual Returns to Supreme Lodge. He shall make 
out annual returns of the work and business of the Grand Lodge, 
and forward the same with the Supreme Lodge tax as required 
by the Supreme Law. 

Par. 8. Attest Charters and Warrants. He shall attest all 
Charters and Warrants granted for new lodges, and all official 
papers and documents, with the Grand Lodge Seal. 

Par. 9. Attend Committees. He shall attend any committee 
of the Grand Lodge when requested to do so by the Chairman 
thereof, and furnish such books, papers, vouchers, etc., as may 
be required. 

Par. 10. Forward Documents to Committee. He shall for- 
ward to the Chairman of the appropriate standing committees 
such matter received by him as should properly be referred to 
them. 



28 GRAND LODGE KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS 

Par. 11. Have Custody of Seal. He shall have the custody 
of the Grand Lodge Seal, and perform such other duties as may 
be prescribed by the laws of this Domain, or as the Grand Lodge 
may from time to time direct. 

Par. 12. Bond and Approval. Before anyone shall be in- 
stalled into the office of Grand Keeper of Records and Seal, he 
shall file with the Grand Chancellor a bond, with sureties ap- 
proved by the Grand Chancellor and the Grand Vice-Chancellor, 
in the penal sum of ten thousand dollars, conditioned for the 
faithful discharge of the duties of the office, and for the delivery 
to his successor, at the end of his official term or upon his re- 
moval from office, of all the property and funds of the Grand 
Lodge that may have come into his hands by virtue of his in- 
cumbency of the office, which may or should be in his keeping 
at the time the office is vacated. If such bond be not filed during 
the Convention of the Grand Lodge at which said officer is 
elected, the Grand Chancellor shall install him into his office 
upon his executing and filing such bond at any time within ten 
days after his election. If such bond shall not be filed by the 
Grand Keeper of Records and Seal-elect within fifteen days 
after his election, the office shall be declared vacant by the Grand 
Chancellor, and an appointment made by him to fill the same, 
subject to all the reqirements of this section as to giving bond. 

Par. 13. Collect and Pay Money to Grand Master of Ex- 
chequer. He shall collect all moneys due the Grand Lodge and 
pay the same monthly to the Grand Master of Exchequer; keep 
an accurate account showing the financial condition of the Grand 
Lodge, and submit his books and accounts to the Trustees for ex- 
amination and inspection, whenever called upon so to do. 

Par. 14. Turn Over Books, Etc. He shall at the expiration 
of his term of office, or on his resignation or removal therefrom, 
deliver to his successor in office, immediately on the approval 
of his official bond, all furniture, books, papers, blanks, stationery, 
records, property, etc., belonging to the Grand Lodge which may 
be in his possession. 

Par. 15. Semi-Annual Report to Grand Chancellor. He shall 
make and transmit to the Grand Chancellor on or before Febru- 
ary 1, and August 1, of each year, a report of the transactions 
of his office during the previous six months, and shall submit to 



GRAND CONSTITUTION AND GRAND STATUTES 29 

the Grand Lodge, at the opening of each annual Convention, a 
written report, showing the general condition of the Order and 
the financial condition of the Grand Lodge. 

Par. 16. Keep Detailed Account of Supplies. He shall keep 
a detailed account of all Grand Lodge supplies coming into his 
hands, and the amount received for such as may be sold, and re- 
port the kind and amount of all supplies on hands in his annual 
report to the Grand Lodge. 

Par. 17. Salary. The actual incumbent of the ofnce of 
Grand Keeper of Records and Seal shall receive, as compensation 
for his services, the sum of one hundred dollars per month, to be 
paid monthly at the end of each month. 

Par. 18. Clerk. When in the judgment of the Grand Chan- 
cellor he shall deem it expedient, he may appoint a clerk to assist 
the Grand Keeper of Records and Seal in his work, who shall re- 
ceive a salary not in excess of seventy-five dollars per month, 
payable monthly at the end of each month, and who shall per^ 
form such duties as the Grand Chancellor may direct. 

CHAPTER VL 

OEAND ^[ASTEn OF EXCHEQUER AND HIS DUTIES. 

6. Receive and Receipt for Money, Etc. The Grand Mas- 
ter of Exchequer shall enter upon the duties of his office im- 
mediately after his installation; he shall receive all funds, evi- 
dences of title and property that should come into his hands by 
virtue of his office, and shall give receipts therefor by his p?oper 
signature and official title, and he and his sureties shall be re- 
sponsible therefor. 

7. Bond and Approval. Before anyone shall be installed 
into the office of Grand Master of Exchequer, he shall file with 
the Grand Chancellor a bond, with sureties approved by the 
Grand Chancellor and the Grand Vice-Chancellor in the penal sum 
of not less than twenty-five thousand dollars or such greater sum 
as the Grand Trustees shall fix in writing, conditioned for the 
faithful discharge of the duties of the office of Grand Master of 
Exchequer, and for the delivery to his successor at the end of his 
official term or upon his removal from office or resignation, of 



30 GRAND LODGE KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS 

all property and funds of the Grand Lodge of which he may be- 
come possessed by virtue of his incumbency of said office, which 
may or shall be in his possession at the time the office is vacated. 
If such bond be not filed during the convention of the Grand 
Lodge at which said officer is elected, the Grand Chancellor shall 
install him into his office upon his executing and filing such bond 
at any time within ten days after his election. If such bond shall 
not be filed by the Grand Master of Exchequer-elect within fifteen 
days after his election, the office shall be declared vacant by the 
Grand Chancellor, and an appointment made by him to fill the va- 
cancy, subject to all the requirements of this section as to giv- 
ing bond. 

8. Pay Orders. He shall pay all orders drawn on him by 
the Grand Chancellor and attested by the Grand Keeper of 
Records and Seal, and such orders when properly endorsed by the 
respective payees, shall be his only valid vouchers for the dis- 
bursements of the funds of the Grand Lodge. 

9. Keep Accounts. He shall keep an accurate account of 
all receipts and disbursements. He shall submit his books and 
accounts to the Trustees for examination and inspection, when- 
ever called upon by them so to do. 

10. Attend Conventions' Prepared to Turn Over Funds. 

He shall attend all the Conventions of the Grand Lodge and shall 
at all times be prepared to turn over to his successor in office all 
the funds and property in his possession. He shall present to the 
Grand Lodge, at the opening of each annual convention, a writ- 
ten report giving a detailed account of the receipts and disburse 
ments of his office during the preceding fiscal year. 

11. Attend Committees. He shall, whenever notified by the 
Chairman, attend any committee of the Grand Lodge, and furnish 
such books and papers, in his possession, as may be required. 

12. Salary. The actual incumbent of the office of Grand 
Master of Exchequer shall receive as compensation for his ser- 
vices the sum of twenty-five dollars per month, to be paid monthly 
at the end of each month. 

13. Surety Bonds. All bonds referred to in Chapters 5 and 
6 shall be purchased of some approved surety company and be 
paid for by the Grand Lodge. 



GRAND CONSTITUTION AND GRAND STATUTES 31 

CHAPTER VII. 

ORAM) MASTER AT ARMS, GRAND INNER GUARD AND GRAND OUTER 

GUARD. 

14. Duties. The Grand Master at Arms, Grand Inner and 
Grand Outer Guards shall perform such duties as are laid down 
in the Ritual; provided, that in addition thereto the Grand Outer 
<iuard shall be responsible for the safe keeping of the jewels and 
other property of the Grand Lodge in his care during any con- 
vention thereof. 

CHAPTER VIII. 

CIRAXD I.0DC;E TRUSTEES AND THEIR DLITES. 

15. General Supervision Over Property. The Trustees 
shall have general supervision and care of all Grand Lodge prop- 
erty, and all funds accruing from the same, and other funds 
placed in their hands; invest the same in loans, stocks and other 
securities as the Grand Lodge may direct; submit an inventory 
of all property owned by the Grand Lodge at its annual Conven- 
tion and perform such other duties as rnay be required of them 
by law. 

16. Examine, Audit Books, and Report. The Trustees, be- 
tween the fifth and fifteenth days of August of each year, and 
at such other times as they may be directed by the Grand Chan- 
cellor, shall examine and audit the books and accounts of the 
Grand Keeper of Records and Seal, the Grand Master of Ex- 
chequer, and all other officers, or committees who may be en- 
trusted with the receipt and expenditure of funds of the Grand 
Lodge. After each of the examinations herein provided for, the 
Trustees shall make a full report of the result of such examina- 
tion to the Grand Lodge, or the Grand Chancellor, as in their 
judgment may be necessary. Copies of all reports so made shall 
be presented to the Grand Lodge at its ensuing annual conven- 
tion. They shall examine and report on all resolutions, proposed 
statutes, or amendments thereof, which involve an expenditure 
of money from the Exchequer of the Grand Lodge. They shall 
also report estimates for all expenditures of money from the 



y^l GRAND LODGE KNKiHTS OF PYTHIAS 

Exchequer of the Grand Lodge during the current fiscal year, 
together with resolutions making appropriations therefor. They 
shall consider and report upon all resolutions, proposed statutes, 
or amendments thereof, relating to the revenue of the Grand 
Lodge, and snail report such legislation for the raising of the 
revenue as they may deem*- necessary or expedient. 

CHAPTER IX. 

-DUTIES or COMMITTEES. 

17. Judiciary to Report Laws, Amendments, Revision or 
Codification, and on Officers' Reports. The Committee on Judi- 
ciary shall consider and report on all proposed amendments to 
the Constitution or Statutes which may be referred to it; pre- 
pare any revision or codification of the Grand Statutes or Grand 
Consituticn, whenever the same shall be ordered by the Grand 
Lodge; consider and report upon such portions of the reports of 
officers of the Grand Lodge as may be referred to it, and recom- 
mend such legislation as it may deem expedient. 

18. Credentials — Examine and Report On. The Committee 
on Credentials shall examine and report on such credentials 
of P-ast Chancellors and Grand Representatives as may 
be submitted to it by the Grand Keeper of Records and Seal, 
immediately prior to or upon the opening of the Convention. It 
shall also examine and report upon such credentials as may be 
referred to it by the Grand Lodge. 

19. Editor of Fraternal Correspondence. The Editor of 
Fraternal Correspondence shall examine and report upon such 
reports of the Grand OflScers and Deputy Grand Chancellors, so 
far as the same relate to the state of the Order, and upon such 
other matters as may be referred to him, presenting in his report 
an exhibit of the condition and progress of the Order in this 
Domain, recommending such measures for the good of the Order 
as he may conclude the circumstances require. He shall ex- 
amine the correspondence and documents from other Grand 
Lodges in correspondence with this Grand Lodge, and report 
at each annual session whatever may seem of sufficient import- 
ance and interest to demand its attention and action. And the 
Grand Keeper of Records and Seal shall have printed not to ex- 



GRAND CONSTITUTION AND GRAND STATUTES 88^ 

ceed fifteen hundred copies of the report of the Editor of Frater- 
nal Correspondence in the usual form, not to exceed fifty pages in: 
quantity, at least two weeks in advance of the sitting of the- 
Grand Lodge, and that he transmit one copy thereof to each- 
Supreme and Grand Representative, one to each Grand Lodge- 
Officer of this Domain, one to each Subordinate Lodge of thi& 
Domain, two to each Grand Domain, and two to the Supreme 
Keeper of Records and Seal. 

20. Mileage Computed by Shortest Route. The Committee 
on Mileage shall compute the mileage of members and represen- 
tatives by the shortest route, and report the amount to which 
each is entitled. 

21. Grievances of Lodges and Members. The Committee 
on Grievances shall consider and report on all grievances from 
the Grand Lodge, Subordinate Lodge, or members, which may 
be referred to it by the Grand Lodge. 

22. Reports and Returns of Subordinate Lodges. The Com- 
mittee on Reports and Returns of Subordinate Lodges shall 
carefully examine the reports from the several Subordinate 
Lodges within this Domain, and shall accompany its report there- 
on by such recommendations relating thereto as it may deem nec- 
essary or desirable. 

23. Warrants and Charters. The Committee on Warrants 
and Charters shall examine and report upon such portions of 
the reports of the Grand Officers as may be referred to it. It 
shall also examine and report as to all warrants for Subordinate 
Lodges issued by the Grand Chancellor, and upon all applica- 
tions for charters, with such recommendations as it may deem 
necessary and desirable. 

24. By-Laws. The Committee on By-Laws shall examine 
and pass upon all by-laws and amendments thereto of Subordin- 
ate Lodges, and it shall report any article or section which may 
conflict v^ith the Constitution or Statutes. 

25. Rules. The Committee on Rules shall from time to 
time report such rules as it may deem desirable, or as the Grand 
Lodge may direct, for the conduct of the business of the Grand 
Lodge. 



34 GRAND LODGE KNIGHIS OF I'YTHIAS 

26. Committee on Review and Reports. The Committee on 
Review and Reports shall carefully examine the report of every 
Grand Lodge Officer, Board or Body and refer to the proper Com- 
mittee such subject matter therein as it deems should be acted 
upon by said Committee, and, so far as said report deals with 
the expenditures of Grand Lodge funds, to recommend dealing 
with retrenchment and reform, and to examine, verify and re- 
port upon the corrections of the Journal of the preceding Con- 
vention. 

27. Printing. The Committee on Printing shall have gen- 
eral supervision, as may be provided by the Grant! Statutes, of all 
matters relating to the printing or binding of journals, books, 
or other printed matter, except printing supplies required by the 
Grand Lodge. 

28. Necrology. The Committee on Necrology shall report 
annually to the Grand Lodge, in writing, the names of all Knights 
in this Domain who have died during the year, together with 
such facts as the committee shall deem advisable concerning 
their standing and work during their Pythian career. 

29. Grand Lodge Arrangements. The Committee on Grand 
Lodge Arrangements shall have supervision of obtaining hotel 
and railroads rates for those attending Grand Lodge conven- 
tions and of all public programs, parades and entertainments 
during Grand Lodge conventions. 

30. Special Committees — WPien Appointed. The Grand 
Chancellor when so directed by the Grand Lodge, shall appoint 
special committees, whose duties shall be such as may be des- 
ignated or assigned in the legislation by which they were cre- 
ated. 

31. Committee IVleetings. The Committees of the Grand 
Lodge shall hold such meetings during the recess of the Grand 
Lodge as may be necessary, or as the Grand Lodge or the Grand 
Chancellor may direct. 

32. May Require Attendance and Production of Books. 

The Standing Committees of the Grand Lodge are hereby au- 
thorized and empowered to require the attendance of any and all 
persons before them, and the production of all books,, papers 
and documents which may be necessary for the performance of 



GRAND CONSTITUTION AND GRAND STATUTES 35 

their duties. Special committees shall have such power only 
when previously conferred by the Grand Lodge. 

33. Report in Duplicate by Majority. Every report of a 
committee shall be made in writing and in duplicate, addressed 
to the Grand Lodge by its appropriate title, and signed by a 
majority of the members; provided, a minority of the committee 
shall be entitled to make reports in the same manner. 

CHAPTER X. 

ASSEMBLY AND COMTOSITION OF THE GRAND COT'XCir,. 

34. Grand Council. The Grand Council shall consist of 
the elective officers and Supreme Representatives. The Grand 
Chancellor shall assemble the Grand Council whenever in his 
judgment the counsel and advice of such officers is necessary 
'for the protection of the Order, or to provide against unfore- 
seen or impending calamity to the Order, or for the general 
welfare thereof; and it shall be his duty to assemble said Coun- 
cil whenever requested in writing to do so by five members 
thereof. 

35. Place — Notice and Quorum. The assembly in council 
shall be at such time and place as the Grand Chancellor may de- 
termine. Reasonable notice thereof shall be given by the Grand 
Chancellor to each member of the Grand Council. Five shall 
constitute a quorum of such assembly in council, and the Grand 
Keeper of Records and Seal shall be ex-officio secretary of the 
assembly. 

CHAPTER XL 

SPECIAL CONVENTIONS OF THE GRAND LODGE. 

36. Place — Notice. The Grand Chancellor, whenever in his 
judgment, concurred in by three elective officers of the Grand 
Lodge, the interests of the Order require it, shall call a "special 
convention of the Grand Lodge at a time and place to be fixed 
by him, to consider such matters only as may be specified in 
such call. Reasonable notice of the time and place of such 
special convention, and of the matters to be considered, must be 
given to each member of the Grand Lodge. 



36 GRAND LODGE KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS 

CHAPTER XII. 

SUCCESSION IN CASE OF VACANCY IN THE OFFICES OF GRAND CHAN- 
CELLOR OR GRAND VICE-CHANCELLOR. 

37. Vacancy in Office of Grand Chancellor — How Filled. 

In the case of the vacancy in the office of the Grand Chancellor 
caused by the death, resignation or removal from office of the 
incumbent as provided by law, the duties of the office shall im- 
mediately devolve upon the Grand Vice-Chancellor, who shall be 
and act as Grand Chancellor for the remainder of the current 
annual term, and until the said office shall have been duly filled 
by election and installation at the ensuing annual convention 
of the Grand Lodge. 

38. Title of Office. While acting as and discharging the 
duties of Grand Chancellor during the temporary absence or dis- 
ability of the incumbent of said office, the Grand Vice-Chancellor 
shall be known and styled "Grand Chancellor, pro tempore." 

39. Grand Vice-Chancellor Appointed. Within ten dayb 
from the time a vacancy shall have been caused by the death, 
resignation or removal from office of the Grand Chancellor, the 
Grand Chancellor, pro tempore, shall appoint a Grand Repre- 
sentative to the office of Grand Vice-Chancellor, and shall prior 
to the ensuing convention of the Grand Lodge install such officer. 

40. Vacancy in Office of Grand Chancellor and Grand Vice- 
Chancellor — How Filled. If, in case of death, resignation, Im- 
peachment, or removal from office of the Grand Chancellor, a va- 
cancy should exist in the office of Grand Vice-Chancellor, caused 
by the death, resignation or removal from office of the incum- 
bent of such office, or in case of the death of the Grand Vice- 
Chancellor before entering upon the duties of Grand Chancellor, 
then, in such case, the Grand Keeper of Records and Seal shall 
forthwith notify each officer of the Grand Lodge of the existence 
of such vacancy in the offices of the Grand Chancellor and Grand 
Vice-Ch*ancellor, and shall appoint a time and place at which 
such officers shall assemble in council. The place selected for 
such council shall be so situated in this Grand Domain that it 
may be reached before the date fixed for the assembly by a 
majority of said officers, and the time selected shall not be 
more than ten days subsequent to the date upon which the 



GRAND CONSTITUTION AND GRAND STATUTES 37 

vacancy in the office of Grand Vice-Chancellor shall have 
occurred. 

41. Officers to Select Successors. The members of the 
Grand Courcil. when assembled, as hereirbefore provided, shall 
choose ore of their number as Chairman and the Grand Keeper 
of Records and Seal shall be ex-officio secretary. If six members 
or more be present they shall elect from the members of the 
Grand Lodge in good standing, one to be Grand Chancellor and 
one to be Grand Vice-Chancellor. Such election shall be by 
ballot, and a majority of votes of those present shall be 
necessary to an election. 

42. Officers-Elect to Be Notified. The Grard Keeper of 
Records and Seal shall ro'Jfy each officer-elect of his election 
within one day thereafter, and if, within ten days from the date 
of his election, such officer shall be installed by the Grand 
Keeper of Rec^ras and Seal or by any officer of t'ae Grand Lodge 
in the presence of the Grand Keeper of Records and Seal; he 
shall forthwith enter upon the duties of the office to which he has 
Deen elected. But if such officer-elect shall not within the time 
_-equired for installation be duly installed, then the office to 
which he was elected shall be deemed to be vacant and such 
vacancy shall be filled as provided by this Chapter. 

CHAPTER XIIL 

GUAJVTING OF DISrENSATIONS. 

43. Limit of Autinority. The Grand Chancellor shall have 
power to grant dispensations to Subordinate Lodges within 
the Domain of the Grand Lodge, and a Deputy Grand Chancellor 
shall haA a power to grant dispensations as provided by Para- 
graph 8. In cases of emergency, the Grand Chancellor shall bb 
authorized to grant other dispensations than herein provided: 

Paragraph 1. More Than One Same Convention. To confer 
the three Ranks of the Order at the same convention, the fee 
for which shall be two dollars", to be paid by the candidate, one- 
half thereof to accompany the application for dispensation. 

Par. 2. Persons Over Age. To confer the Ranks of the 
Order upon persons over fifty years of age. 



38 GRAND LODGE KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS 

Par. 3. Maimed Persons. To confer the Ranks on maimed 
persons in conformity with the Supreme Law. 

Par. 4. Change Place of Holding Convention. To remove 
the place of holding conventions of a lodge from one hall to 
another. 

Par. 5. Change Nights. To change the nights of conven 
tions of a lodge. 

Par. 6. Longer Intervals. To permit lodges to hold stated 
conventions at longer intervals than provided by law. 

Par. 7. Parades, Etc. To have public parades, demonstra- 
tions, entertainments or celebrations as a lodge or lodges. 

Par. 8. Deputy Grand Chancellors may grant dispensation 
to confer more than one Rank on the same person at the same 
meeting, or at intervals of time less than provided by law. 

Par. 9. Fee for Dispensation. For all dispensations except 
one authorizing the conferring of three Ranks of the Order at the 
same convention, a fee of one dollar shall be paid by the Sub- 
ordinate Lodge applying therefor. Said fee shall accompany the 
application, and the Grand Chancellor shall cover the same into 
the Grand Exchequer. 

44. Limiting Parades. Subordinate Lodges shall not make 
public parade or display as a lodge or lodges, except on the 
occasion of funeral, memorial and church services, without ob- 
taining a dispensation from the Grand Chancellor. 

CHAPTER XIV. 

rOWERS AND DUTIES OF DEPUTY GRAND CIIANCELLOR- 

45. Jurisdiction. Deputy Grand Chancellors shall be 
deemed the representative of the Grand Chancellor in the Sub 
ordinate Lodges for which they are appointed. They shall be 
subject at all times to the instructions and control of the Grand 
Chancellor and shall be responsible to him for the manner in 
which their duties are discharged. 

46. Duties. Each Deputy Grand Chancellor shall be com- 
missioned by the Grand Chancellor, and the powers and duties 
of such Deputy shall be to see that the work of the Order in his 



(iKAND CONSTITUTION AND GRAND STATUTES BO' 

lodge is performed in accordance with law, to install tne officers 
of his lodge and perform such other duties as are set forth in 
such commission, and not otherwise. Such commission unless 
sooner revoked, shall expire by its own limitation, or with the 
term of office of the Grand Chancellor issuing the same. 

47. Cannot Delegate Except. No power or duty delegated 
or assigned to a Deputy Grand Chancellor shall be assigned or 
delegated by him to any other person whomsoever. Except that 
he may appoint another Past Chancellor to install the officers of 
a Subordinate Lodge whom it is his official duty to install. 

CHAPTER XV. 

TILFXTION OF THE GRAND LODGE OFFICERS AND INSTALLATION. 

48. Election Annually by Ballot on Afternoon of First Day. 
Subject to the provisions of Article VI., Section 2, of the Grand 
Lodge Constitution, the officers named in the said section shall 
be elected at each annual convention of the Grand Lodge here- 
after held. The election of such officers shall be by ballot and 
shall be held on the afternoon of the first day immediately after 
the opening of the session. 

49. Nonninaticns. Nominations for the several officers to 
be elected shall be made at 11 o'clock a. m., on the first day 
of the annual convention at which the said officers are to be 
elected, and no other persons shall be voted for, at the elec- 
tion. 

50. Duplicate Lists Prepared. Prior to the annual con- 
vention of the Grand Lodge, the Grand Keeper of Records and 
Seal shall prepare duplicate lists of the lodges, including the 
number of votes to which each lodge is entitled. 

51. Tickets Prepared. Prior to the annual convention the 
Grand Keeper of Records and Seal shall, under the direction 
of the Grand Chancellor, also prepare a sufficient number of 
tickets having printed thereon the titles of the entire list of 
officers to be voted for, with sufiicient space for the name to 
be written beneath each' title. No other ticket shall be voted 

unless by consent of the lodge, and all ballots cast upon other 
tickets shall not be counted by the tellers unless consent has. 



40 GRAND LODGE KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS 

been given to use other tickets by the lodge before the vote 
is taken. 

52. Votes to be Deposited. The roll of the lodges shall 
l)e called with the number of votes to which each lodge and 
'Officer is entitled. The representatives and officers shall then 
advance to the ballot-box and deposit the number of votes to 
which the lodge is entitled for all the officers to be elected, and 
announce in distinct larguage the number of votes so cast which 
shall be recorded on the duplicate lists in the possession of the 
tellers. 

53. Tellers Appointed. The Grand Chancellor shall ap- 
point, previous to the election, two or more tellers to con- 
duct the same. Should the number of votes cast be less than 
seventy-five or be greater than the number of legally qualified 
voters present, the presiding officer shall declare the ballot il- 
Igal and order another. 

54. Candidate Receiving Lowest Vote Dropped. When 
there is more than one nominee for the same office, it shall 
require a majority of all votes cast to elect; when there are 
more than two nominees for the same office, the one receiv- 
ing the lowest number of votes on each ballot, shall be drop- 
ped until an election is had; provided, that where there is but 
one nominee the presiding officer shall declare him elected. 
And, provided further, whenever by dropping the nominee re- 
ceiving the lowest number of votes, or otherwise there are 
or remain three nominees only, where there are two to be 
elected to the same office, the two receiving the highest num- 
ber of votes, shall be declared elected. And a name presented 
for any office cannot be withdrawn or dropped except as pro- 
vided in this section. 

55. No Motion Wliile Nominations Are Being Made. While 
the nominations for officers and place of meeting are being 
made and the ballot taken, no motion shall be entertained or 
permitted, except by unanimous consent. 

56. Installation on Last Day. The Grand Officers-elect 
shall be installed on the last day of the convention, immedi- 
ately before its close. If any officer-elect is absent at the 
time of installation, unless excused by the Grand Lodge, his 
office shall be declared vacant, and an election held at once 



GRAND CONSTITUTION AND GRAND STATUTES 41 

to fill said vacancy. If an officer-elect has been e^gcused by the 
Grand Lodge, the Grand Chancellor shall have the power to in- 
stall such officer, during recess, at his convenience. The in- 
stallation of the Grand Keeper of Records and Seal and the 
Grand Master of Exchequer shall be subject, however, to the 
provisions of Paragraph 12, of Section 5, and of Section 7, of 
the Grand Statutes. 



CHAPTER XVI. 



ELECTION OF THE SUPREME RSrKESEXTATI YES AM) TIIEIIf DUTIES. 



57. Elected at Same Time as Other Officers. The Supreme 
representatives shall be elected in the same manrer and at the 
same time as the officers of the Grand Lodge subject to the 
provisions of the Supreme Constitution and the Supreme Stat- 
utes. Only Past Grand Chancellors wto have attained that- 
honor and who are in good star ding in their respective lodges 
and the Grand lodge shall be eligible thereto. 

58. Attend Supreme Convention and Exemplify Secret 
Work. They shall attend all conventions of the Supreme 
Lodge, and every session thereof; exemplify the secret work by 
two of their number to be selected by them; faithfully repre- 
sent the interests and render obedience to the instructions of 
the Grand Lodge, and shall as soon as practicable thereafter 
make a full printed report to the Grand Lodge of all matters 
acted upon by the Supreme Lodge which they deem of interest 
to this Domain, and cause the said report to be mailed to all 
the Subordinate Lodges in this Domain. 

59. Vacancies Filled by Grand Chancellor Until Annual 
Convention. Should a vacancy occur in the office of Supreme 
Representatives during the recess of the Grand Lodge, by death 
or otherwise, the Grand Chancellor shall by appointment fill 
said vacancy, and the appointment shall hold good until the next 
convention of the Grand Lodge, when the same shall be filled for 
the unexpired term by election. 



42 GRAND LODGE KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS 

CHAPTER XVII. 

IMPEACiniENT OF THE GRAND CnANCELEOU OR A (JRAXD TRIBFXE. 

60. For Breach of Trust, Drunkenness, Violation of Law. 

The Grand Chancellor, or a Grand Tribune, shall be liable to 
impeachment for drunkenness, or for breach of trust in connec- 
tion with the funds of the Order, or for any violation of the crim- 
inal laws of his country or state, involving moral turpitude, or 
for neglect of his official duties or obligations, or for any willful 
betrayal of the interests of the Order, or for any conduct un- 
becoming a Knight of Pythias. 

61. Preferred by Representatives or Officers. Articles of 
impeachment may be preferred against the Grand Chancellor, or 
a Grand Tribune, by ten or more Grand Representatives, or by 
four or more Ritualistic Grand Lodge Officers. 

62. Tribunal to Try. The Grand Tribunal and the Grand 
Lodge officers other than those preferring the articles, shall be 
the Tribunal to try the Grand Chancellor or a Grand Tribune 
against whom articles of impeachment have been preferred. 

63. Form of Articles. The articles of impeachment herein 
provided for shall be filed in duplicate and specify the offense 
or offenses charged, and in what it or tliey consist, with clear- 
ness and precision and with reasonable detail as to the time 
and place and circumstances, and be signed by the parties pre- 
ferring them, and shall be filed with the Grand Keeper of Rec- 
ords and Seal. 

64. Procedure — Time, Place and Notice. When articles of 
impeachment shall have been preferred against the Grand Chan- 
cellor or against a Grand Tribune, and filed, the presiding officer 
of the trial tribunal shall fix a time and place for trial, and at 
once notify the other members of the tribunal of the time and 
place appointed. Thereupon the Grand Keeper of Records and 
Seal shall attest and issue a summons, citing the accused to 
appear before the trial tribunal on the day and at the place so 
appointed, which shall be specified in the summons. He shall 
issue at the same time a correct copy of the articles of impeach- 
ment, which shall accompany the summons and be left with the 
accused. Such summons and copy of the articles may be served 
by any member of the Order authorized by the Grand Keeper of 



GRAND CONSTITUTION AND GRAND STATUTES 43 

Records and Seal so to do. Personal service of the notice must 
be made on the accused if he can be found in the city or town in 
which his lodge is situated, at least ten clear days prior to the 
hearing. If not so found therein, then by depositing it in the 
postofRce, postage prepaid, addressed to him at his last known 
address, at least two weeks prior to the hearing. 

65. Evidence and Notice of Taking. Evidence on the trial 
of impeachments may be oral or by deposition. At least ten 
clear days' written notice of the time and place of taking deposi- 
tions shall be given the adverse party. The Grand Keeper of 
Records and Seal, upon application of the accused, may desig- 
nate by order in writing, which shall be filed and kept with the 
papers, the party upon whom notice to the prosecution may 
be served. The notice maj'- be served either by personal service, 
or by registered letter mailed to the last known address of the 
person entitled thereto. 

65. Grand Chancellor to Preside. The Grand Chancellor 
shall preside at the impeachment of a Grand Tribune, unless 
he be one of those preferring the articles, in which event the 
officer of the Grand Lodge highest in rank, not so disqualified, 
shall preside. 

67. Chief Tribune to Preside. The Chief Tribune shall 
preside on the impeachment of the Grand Chancellor. 

68. Counsel. In all cases, either party may be represented 
by counsel of his own selection, who shall be members of the 
Order in good standing. 

69. Jurisdiction. On the trial of impeachments, the trial 
tribunal shall have such jurisdiction and powers as are conferred 
by the provisions of the Grand Constitution relating to im- 
peachment. 

70. Officers Suspended During Trial. The Grand Chan- 
cellor or Grand Tribune impeached hereunder shall be suspended 
from the exercises of his official duties until his acquittal. If 
the Grand Chancellor or Grand Tribune impeached shall be 
convicted, the judgment shall not extend beyond the removal 
from office and disqualification to fill any office in the Order 
thereafter. 

71. Suspended Officers' Places to Be Filled During Trial. 
When the Grand Chancellor shall be suspended from the exer- 



44 GRAND LODGE KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS 

cise of his official duties, pending his impeachmeut as herein 
provided for, the Grand Vice-Chancellor shall discharge the du- 
ties of Grand Chancellor pending such suspension. When a mem- 
ber of the Grand Tribunal shall be suspended from the exercise 
of his official duties, pending his impeachment, as herein pro- 
vided, the Grand Chancellor shall fill by appointment the tem- 
porary vacancy thus occasioned; provided, that such temporary 
tribune shall rot sit on said impeachment tribunal. 

72. May Be Tried Again for Same Offense. Impeachment 
and conviction hereunder shall not preclude or prevent the trial 
and punishment of the offender for the same offense before any 
other tribunal of the Order having jurisdiction of the party 
and of the offense. 

73. Guilt Determined by Yea and Nay Vote. After all the 
evidence and argument upon the impeachment of the Grand 
Chancellor or of a Grand Tribune shall have been heard and 
considered, as hereinbefore provided, the guilt of the accused 
shall be determined by the trial tribunal by vote by yeas and 
nays, and the vote shall be entered in full upon the minutes 
of its proceedings, full and accurate record of all of which shall 
be kept by the Grand Keeper of Records and Seal. If two- 
thirds of all the members shall vote in favor of his conviction, 
the judgment shall be removal of the accused from his office and 
disqualification to hold any office in the Order thereafter, or 
only removal from Office, as the trial tribunal by a two-thirds 
vote may determine, and the judgment shall be recorded on 
the minutes. If less than two-thirds of all the members vote 
for his conviction, the accused shall stand acquitted, and the 
judgment shall be so recorded on the minutes. 

74. Records Returned to Grand Lodge. The record of the 
proceedings of the trial tribunal, including full abstract of the 
testimony, signed by the presiding officer thereof and attested 
by the Grand Keeper of Records and Seal, shall be returned to 
the Grand Lodge at its next convention and filed in the archives 
of that body. 

75. Appeal Allowed to Either Party. The defendant shall 
have the right of appeal to the Grand Lodge upon his motion, 
from the decision of the trial tribunal. And the prosecution 
shall have the right of appeal to the Grand Lodge upon the mo- 
tion of at least two of the Grand Officers preferring the charges, 



GRAND CONSTITUTION AND GRAND STATUTES 45 

in case where the charges are preferred by the Grand Officers 
or upon motion of at least five of the Grand Representatives. 
And the Grand Lodge may, upon its own motion, by a majority 
vote, take up and consider any cause so tried, which trial shall be 
upon the record only, and a two-thirds vote of the members 
of the Grand Lodge shall be required to reverse the finding 
of the trial tribunal. If the judgment of the Grand Lodge is 
"guilty" in cases where the trial tribunal found "not guilty," 
then, the Grand Lodge shall by a two-thirds vote fix the penalty 
as provided in this chapter. 

76. If Grand Chancellor Impeached, Grand Vice-Chancellor 
Shall Perform Duties. If the Grand Chancellor impeached here- 
under shall be convicted and removed from office, the duties of 
the office shall at once devolve upon the Grand Vice-Chancellor 
for the unexpired term of said Grand Chancellor. 

n. If Tribune Impeached, Vacancy to Be Filled. If a Grand 
Tribune shall be impeached, convicted and removed from office, 
the vacancy shall be filled at once by the appointment by the 
Grand Chancellor of a person eligible thereto, who shall hold 
said office until the next convention of the Grand Lodge. 

CHAPTER XVIII. 

REMOVAL FROM OFFICE OF GRAND LODGE OFFICERS, EXCEPT 
GRAND CHANCELLOR. 

78. Cause for Removal. Any Grand Lodge officer other 
than the Grand Chancellor, may be removed from office for 
drunkenness, or for a breach of trust in connection with the 
funds of the Order, or for any violation of the criminal laws 
of his country or state, involving moral turpitude, or for will- 
ful neglect of his official duties, or obligations, or for any will- 
ful betrayal of the interests of the Order or for conduct unbe- 
coming a Knight of Pythias. 

79. Charges Preferred — Contents. For any of the offenses 
specified in the preceding section, charges may be preferred 
against such Grand Lodge officer by two or more members 
of the Grand Lodge. The charges herein provided for shall 
specify the offense charged and in what it consists, with clear- 
ness and precision, and with reasonable detail as to time. 



46 GRAND LODGE KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS 

place and circumstances, and shall be filed with the Recorder 
of the Grand Tribunal. Two or more members of the Grand 
Lodge may prefer charges for causes as stated in preceding 
section, Avhich shall be in writing, and shall specify the offense 
charged with clearness and precision. 

80. Tribunal to Try — Chief Tribune to Preside — Authority. 

The Grand Tribunal shall constitute the Tribunal for the trial 
of Grand Lodge officers, as provided by this chapter. The Chief 
Tribune shall be the presiding officer at same, and said tribunal 
may continue, change place of trial and do such other acts 
in the premises as justice to the lodge and to the accused shall 
demand. 

81. Charges Filed — Time, Place and Procedure of Trial. 
When such charges shall have been preferred they saall be filed 
with the Recorder of the Grand Tribunal, who shall immediately 
notify the presiding officer of the Grand Tribunal, who shall fix 
a time and place for the hearing of same, and shall at once 
notify all members of the Grand Tribunal of said time and 
place. The Recorder shall thereupon issue a summons, together 
with a certified copy of the charges, citing the accused to ap- 
pear before the tribunal on the hour and day and at the place 
specified in said summons, which shall be served personally 
on the accused by the Marshal or other person acting as such 
for the Grand Tribunal, if found within the city or town in which 
the lodge of the accused is located at least ten clear days before 
the hearing. If not found, as above stated, then notice shall 
be given by registered letter, addressed to the accused at his 
last known address and deposited in the postoffice, at least two 
weeks prior to the date of hearing. 

82. Oral Evidence — Notice of Deposition. Evidence on the 
trial of such charges may be oral or by depositions. At least 
ten clear days' notice of the time and place of taking depositions 
shall be given the adverse party. The Recorder of the Grand 
Tribunal, upon application of the accused, may designate by 
order in writing the party on whom notice to the prosecution 
may be served, but such order shall be filed and kept with the 
papers in the cause. The notice may be served either by per- 
sonal service, or by registered letter to the proper postoffice 
address of the person entitled tfiereto. A commissioner to take 



GRAND CONSTITUTION AND GRAND STATUTES 4( 

such deposition shall be appointed in writing by a Grand Tri- 
bune. 

83. Plaintiff — Defendant — Counsel. In all cases either party 
may be_ represented by counsel of his own selection, who shall 
be members of the Order in good standing. The members pre- 
ferring charges as stated herein shall be termed the Plaintiffs, 
and the officers against whom the charges are preferred, the 
Defendants. 

84. Defendant Suspended — Removal and Disqualification — 
Appointment. The Defendant shall be suspended temporarily 
by the Grand Chancellor from the exercise of his official duties 
while such charges are pending, and the vacancy thus occa- 
sioned shall be filled by the Grand Chancellor by appointment, 
but, however, should the Defendant be convicted upon the said 
charges preferred, then the duties of said office shall devolve 
upon the person so appointed to fill such vacancy until the next 
meeting of the Grand Lodge. A conviction and removal from 
office shall require an affirmative vote of three members of 
the Tribunal, and should four members of said Tribunal vote 
in favor of conviction the judgment shall be removal from 
office and disqualification to hold any office in the Order there- 
after, or, removal from office only, as said tribunal may deter- 
mine. Conviction thereunder shall not prevent or preclude the 
trial and punishment of Defendant for the same offense before 
any other tribunal of the Order having jurisdiction of the party 
and of the offense. 

85. Full Record Kept and Returned to Grand Lodge. The 
Recorder of the Grand Tribunal shall keep a full and accurate 
record of the procedings of the trial, which record signed by the 
presiding officer and attested by the Recorder, shall be returned 
to the Grand Lodge at its next convention and filed in the 
archives of that body. 

86. Rehearing Appeal and Writ of Error Allowed. Either 
party shall have the right of rehearing and appeal and writ of 
error as provided in other trials before the Grand Tribunal and 
upon the same terms, and the appeal and writ of error shall 
be to the Supreme Tribunal. 



48 GRAND LODGE KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS 

CHAPTER XIX. 

ITEMIZED REPORTS OF GRAND TODGE OFFICERS. 

87. Printed Annual Itemized Reports of Officers. All Grand 
Lodge Officers, or Members of Committees, or other officers 
charged with the distribution of the funds of the Grand Lodge 
or the payment of expenses incident to the duties of such office 
or committee, are each required to present at the opening ses- 
sion of each annual convention of said Grand Lodge an itemized 
statement of all disbursements, and expenses paid during the 
year, showing purpose of disbursement or expense paid, to 
whom, and dates thereof, and said statements shall be printed 
by an officer or committee and a copy thereof furnished to each 
officer and Representative of Grand Lodge at said session. 

CHAPTER XX. 

COMrENSATlOX FOR ATTENDANCE AT CONVENTION OF GRAND LODGE 

—MEETINGS OF GRAND LODGE COMMITTEES GRAND LODGE 

COUNCILS — SESSIONS OF GRAND TRIBUNAL. 

88. Members — Officers and Committee Compensation. All 
Past Grard Chancellors, Grand Lodge Officers (except Grand 
Chancellor and Grand Keeper of Records and Seal), Members 
of Grand Lodge Committees and one Grand Representative from 
each Subordinate Lodge in this Domain shall receive compen- 
sation for attendance at Grand Lodge Conventions, the sum of 
two dollars per day each, as follows: 

Paragraph 1. For actual attendance at each daily session 
of the Grand Lodge and for one day going to, and returning 
from said convention, including intervening Sundays and days 
which for reason no session may be held. 

Par. 2. For each mile of distance traveled in going to and 
returning from such conventions, a mileage compensation of two 
and one-half cents. 

Par. 3. In computing the m^ileage compensation, the dis- 
tance shall be reckoned from the actual residence within the 
Domain of which any person named in this section shall be a 
member, to the point at which the convention of the Grand 
Lodge is held, and return therefrom by the shortest route. 

89. Committee Compensation. Members of all committees 
of the Grand Lodge shall receive for attendance at any legal 



GRAND CONSTITUTION AND GRAND STATUTES 49 

meeting of such committee during the recess of Grand Lodg©' 
a per diem and mileage compensation at the rate of five dollars 
per day and three cents per mile, respectively, computed on 
same basis as set out in Section 88 hereof. The Chanrman of the 
committee shall certify in writing the amount each is entitled 
to under the provisions of this section and shall file such cer- 
tificate with the Grand Keeper of Records and Seal, where- 
upon the amount so certified shall be paid out of the general 
fund of the Grand Lodge. 

90. Grand Lodge Officers Assembled in Council. Grand 
Lodge Officers, except the Grand Chancellor, and Grand Keep- 
er of Records and Seal when assembled in council as provided 
by the Grand Statutes, shall receive for attendance at such as- 
sembly in council, a per diem and mileage compensation of five 
dollars per day and three cents per mile, to be computed as 
above stated and paid out of the general fund of Grand Lodge 
on certificate of Grand Keeper of Records and Seal. 

91. Tribunes and Recorder Paid. Members and the Re- 
corder of the Grand Tribunal shall receive for attendance at 
any sitting thereof, when duly held as provided by law, com- 
pensation at the rate of five dollars per day, and three cents 
per mile, computed on the same basis as the compensation 
hereinbefore provided for attendance at conventions of the 
Grand Lodge. The Recorder shall certify in writing the amount 
of mileage and per diem to which each is entitled under the 
provision of this section from time to time, and shall file such 
certificate with the Grand Keeper of Records and Seal, where- 
upon the amount so certified shall be paid out of the general 
fund of the Grand Lodge. 

92. But One Mileage Compensation for Each Journey. Noth- 
ing in this chapter shall be construed to authorize the payment 
to one person of more than one mileage compensation for each 
journey performed to attend a convention of the Grand Lodge^ 
or a meeting of a committee, or an assembly of the Grand 
Council. 

93. Expenses of Grand Chancellor, Grand Keeper of Records 
and Seal, Grand Master of Exchequer and Deputies. All nec- 
essary reasonable expenses incurred by Grand Chancellor, Grand 
Keeper of Records and Seal, Grand Master of Exchequer and 
Deputies in the performance of their respective duties shall 
be paid by the Grand Lodge. 






'SO 



GRAND LODGE KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS 



CHAPTER XXI. 

SEALS or GRAND LODGE, SUBORDINATE LODGES AND 
GRAND TRIBUNAL. 

94. Grand Chancellor Seal: Design — Custody. The Official 
Seal of the Grand Chancellor shall be in accordance with the 
I'ollowing design: 




-And shall be kept in the custody of the Grand Chancellor, and 
shall be used by him in authenticating such documents as re- 
quire his official signature only. 

95. Grand Lodge Seal: Design — Custody. The Seal of the 
Grand Lodge shall be in accordance with the following de- 
sign: 




-And shall be kept in the custody of the Grand Keeper of Records 
^and Seal and shall be used in authenticating such documents 
Bs require his official attestation. 

96. Grand Tribunal Seal: Design — Custody. The Official 
Seal of the Grand Tribunal shall bear the words, "Grand Trib- 
unal, Knights of Pythias," in the outer circle thereof, and the 



GRAND CONSTITUTION AND GRAND STATUTES 51 

words, "Domain of Iowa," in the center thereof. Said Seal shall 
be kept in the custody of the Recorder of the Tribunal and 
shall be used in authenticating such documents as require official 
attestation. 

97. Subordinate Lodge Seal; Design — Custody. Each Sub- 
ordinate Lodge within this Domain shall have an Official Seal, 
which shall bear its name, number, location and date of insti- 
tution, together with such appropriate devices as it shall adopt, 
Said Seal shall be kept in the custody of the Keeper of Records 
and Seal, and shall be used by him in authenticating such docu- 
ments as require his official attestation. 

CHAPTER. XXII. 

REVENUE AND SUrPLIES OF GRAND GOVERNMENT. 

98. Per Capita Tax, Warrants, Fees, Dispensations, Con- 
stitute Revenue. The Revenue of the Grand Government shall 
be derived from per capita tax, fees for warrants and charters, 
fees for dispensations, and the sale of supplies. 

99. Five Per Cent Receipts and Not Exceeding Seventy 
Cents Per Capita. Each Subordinate Lodge shall pay to the 
Grand Lodge with each semi-annual report five per cent of the 
receipts from rank fees, dues, fines, penalties and reinstate- 
ments, and a per capita tax on all members except Pages and 
Esquires not to exceed seventy cents per annum, the amount 
to be fixed by the Grand Lodge at each annual convention. 

100. Price of Supplies, Etc. Each Suborindate Lodge shall 
pay to the Grand Keeper of Records and Seal; for Charters, Dis- 
pensations and supplies, as follows: 

Charter fee $27 . 00 

Rituals, each 3 . 00 

Question books, each 1 . 50 

Installation books, each 50 

Service books, each 75 

Music books, each (odes, with notes) 50 

Supreme Constitution and Statutes (paper) 60 

Supreme Constitution and Statutes (cloth) 1.00 

Grand Constitution and Statutes (paper) 30 



52 GRAND LODGE KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS 

Grand Constitution and Statutes (cloth) 45 

Grand Constitution and Statutes (sheep) 75 

Decisions of Supreme Tribunal (per volume) 1.25 

Amendment to Supreme Constitution and Statutes 10 

Ode cards, each 10 

Withdrawal cards, each 50 

Transfer cards, each 50 

Traveling shields, each 25 

Orders on M. of E. (book form 500 orders) 2.00 

Orders on M. of E. (name, number and location; pa,ds of 

100) 60 

Orders on M. of E. (blank; pads of 100) 50 

Receipts from M. of E. to M. of F. (book form 500 receipts) 2.00 
Receipts from M. of E. to M. of F. (name, number and loca- 
tion ; pads of 100) 60 

Receipts from M. of E. to M. of F. (blank) 50 

Official receipts (pad of 100) 50 

Official receipts (pad of 100, with name, number and loca- 
tion of lodge) 1.00 

Orders for S. A. P. W. (pad of 100) 50 

Orders for S. A. P. W. (pad of 100, with name, number and 

location of lodge) 1 . 00 

Petitions for membership (pad of 100) 50 

Petitions for membership (pad of 50) 30 

Grand Lodge cards, each 1 . 00 

Second Rank blanks, (pad of 100) 75 

Second Rank blanks (pad of 50) 40 

Second Rank blanks (pad of 25) 20 

Visitor's register 2.00 

Roster of membership 2 . 00 

Roll book of officers 1.00 

Black list book (to enter names of rejected applicants) .... 1.00 

Record of minute book (large size) 3.00 

Master of Finance historical record ledger (small size).. 3.00 
Master of Finance historical record ledger (medium size) 4.50 
Master of Finance historical record ledger (large size) .... 6.00 

Cash book of M. of F. (small size) 1 . 25 

Cash book of M. of F. (large size) 1 . 50 

Cash book of M. of E. (small size) 80 

Cash book of M. of E. (large size) 1 . 50 

Blank articles of incorporation (per set of three) 1.00 



GRAND CONSTITUTION AND GRAND STATUTES 53 

Applications for withdrawal cards (pad of 50) 25 

Applications for transfer cards (pad of 50) 25 

Applications for reinstatement (pad of 100) 50 

Applications for reinstatement (pad of 50) 30 

Applications for reinstatement (pad of 25) 15 

Notice of rejection of applicant (pad of 50) 25 

Notice of rejection of applicant (pad of 25) 15 

Notices to other lodges in the county of applicant for mem- 
bership (pad of 100) 50 

Delinquent notice to be sent by M. of F. thirty days prior 

to suspension of member (pad of 100) 50 

Notice of suspension (pad of 50) 25 

Notice of reinstatement (pad of 50) 25 

Notice to Committee on Investigation (pad of 50) .25 

Notices of assessment (pad of 50) 25 

Applications for membership by withdrawal cards (pad 

of 50) 30 

Applications for mem.bership by card or transfer card 

(pad of 100) 50 

Applications for membership by card or transfer card 

(pad of 50) 30 

Applications for membership by card or transfer card 

(pad of 25) 15 

Seal Subordinate Lodge (small size) 4.00 

Seal Subordinate Lodge (large size) 5 . 00 

Blank dispensations (pad of 50) 25 

Knight's diploma (size 19 x 24, suitable for framing).... 1.00 

Past Chancellor's diploma (suitable for framing) 1.00 

Past Chancellor's card of honor 50 

Past Grand Representative diploma (suitable for framing) . 1.00 

Certificate of honor (suitable for framing) 1.00 

Past Grand Chancellor's diploma (suitable for framing) ... 2.00 

Jewels (prices fixed by Supreme Lodge). 

Mourning badges (per dozen) 1 . 75 

101. Sale of Supplies. The Grand Lodge shall possess the 
exclusive right to provide and sell all supplies enumerated in 
this chapter, used or to be used by Grand Lodge and ail Sub- 
ordinate Lodges in its Domain, and to fix the prices of same, 
and said prices may be increased or diminished at any time 
by the Grand Chancellor and Grand Keeper of Records and 
Seal acting together. 



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102. Offense Against Order to Manufacture or Purchase. 

Should any lodge or any individual member manufacture for it- 
self or its own use or for the use of another, or obtain from 
any other source than that specified in this chapter, any of the 
supplies herein enumerated said lodge or individual members 
shall be deemed guilty of an offense against the Order, and 
punished as hereinafter provided. 

108. Penalties for Lodge. In case the offender is a lodge 
within the Domain of this Grand Lodge, the Grand Chancellor, 
on being convinced of the commission of the offense, shall have 
power to suspend the Warrant or Charter of such lodge for 
such length of time as he may deem proper. 

104. Penalties for Member. In case the offender is an in- 
dividual member of the Order, the Grand Chancellor, on being 
convinced of the commission of the offense, shall enter a com- 
plaint in writing against such individual for such offense, before 
the lodge of which he is a member, and the Chancellor Comman- 
der shall thereupon proceed as in other cases where complaint 
is made against members for violation of Pythian Law, and 
upon trial and conviction the penalty shall be a fine of five 
dollars, and the member shall be suspended until the fine is 
paid. Said fine to be covered into the Grand Exchequer. 

CHAPTER XXIII. 

DISPOSAL OF THE FUNDS OF THE GRAND LODGE. 

105. Limit of Use. The funds of the Grand Lodge shall 
not be applied to any purpose that is inconsistent with the prin- 
ciples or purposes of the Order. 

106. Must Be Appropriated and Paid by Order. No ex- 
penditures shall be made from such funds except under ap- 
propriations made in accordance with the law, and upon an 
exchequer order, properly signed and attested. 

CHAPTER XXIV. 

TOTING IN THE GEAND LODGE. 

107. Limited to Legislative Department. Voting in the 
Grand Lodge shall be confined to the members comprising the 
Legislative Department of the Grand Government. 



GRAND CONSTITUTION AND GRAND STATUTES 55> 

108. Majority. A majority of the legal votes cast shall 
determine all questions before the Grand Lodge unless other- 
wise provided by law. 

109. Yeas and Nays Called by Ten. On the call of ten 
members entitled to vote, the yeas and nays on any question 
shall be taken and entered in the Journal. 

110. Viva Voce Except on Elections. The manner of voting 
shall be viva voce except for the election of officers, Supreme Rep- 
resentatives and the selection of a place of meeting for the an- 
nual convention of the Grand Lodge, which shall be by writ- 
ten ballot. 

CHAPTER XXV. 

CREDENTIALS OF PAST CHANCELLORS. 

111. Form of Past Chancellor's Credentials. A Past Chan- 
cellor, previous to his being admitted as a member of the Grand 
Lodge must present a credential from his Subordinate Lodge 
according to the following form furnished by the Grand Keeper 
of Records and Seal: 

CERTIFICATE OF PAST CHANCELLOR. 

Lodge, No 

To the Grand Lodge of Iowa, Knights of Pythias: 

This is to certify that , 

having been duly qualified, passed the Chancellor Commander's 
chair of this lodge, is hereby entitled to become a member of 
the Grand Lodge, Domain of Iowa. 

In witness thereof, we have hereunto affixed our signatures 
and the 

Seal of the Lodge, at ,Iowa, 

(Seal) this day of A. D. 

190. . . ., and the Pythian Period the 

Attes:t 



Chancellor Commander. 

Keeper of Records and Seal. 



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CHAPTER XXVI. 

ORDER OF BUSINESS IN THE GRAND LODGE. 

112. Robert's Rules the Guide. "Robert's Rules of Order" 
•shall be the guide of the Grand Lodge (except as changed by tbe 
Grand Lodge), and all Subordinate Lodges, in regard to parlia- 
mentary practice. 

113. Order of Business. The business of the annual conven- 
tion shall be taken up in the following order after the opening 
ceremonies : 

1. Calling the roll of Officers and Representatives to as- 
certain a quorum. 

2. Report of Committee on Credentials. 

3. Report of Committee on Rules. 

4. Conferring the Grand Lodge Rank. 

5. Report of Judiciary Committee. 

.^. Reading and passing upon the minutes. 

7. Reports of Grand Officers. 

8. Nominations of Officers at 11 a. m., first day. 

9. Reports of standing committees. 

10. Reports of special committees. 

11. Unfinished business. 

12. To receive refer, and act upon reports, petitions, ap- 
peals and other communications, and new business. 

13. Election of officers afternoon first day. 

14. Installation of officers. 

TITLE li. 

TRIBUNAL. 

I. Organization — Sessions. 
II. Appellate Jurisdiction. 
III. Original Jurisdiction. 

CHAPTER I. 

ORGANIZATION OF THE GRAND TRIBUNAL. 

114. Number — Decisions. The Grand Tribunal shall con- 
sist of five Tribunes, three of whom shall constitute a quorum, 
and the concurrence of three shall be necessary to a decision. 

115. Appointed Session. The members of the Grand Trib- 
unal shall be nominated by the Grand Chancellor and confirmed 



GEAND CONSTITUTION AND GKAND STATUTES 57 

by an affirmative vote of a majority of all members of the Grand 
Lodge in convention assembled and entitled to vote. Said Trib- 
unal shall hold at least one session annually, and shall determine 
for itself the number and place of its sessions and give the notice 
thereof. 

116. Term of Office of Tribunes — Chief Tribune. The mem- 
bers of the Grand Tribune so selected shall by ballot choose one 
of their number Chief Tribune. The term of each Tribune selec- 
ted hereafter shall be five years. 

_117. Vacancies in Grand Tribune. Should a vacancy occur 
in office of Chief Tribune it shall be filled in the same manner as 
the selection of said officer, and, if for any reason the Chief 
Tribune should be unable to perform the duties as such, the 
above rule shall apply until such disability is removed as pro- 
vided by the Grand Constitution. 

118. Oath. Each Tribune, before entering upon the dis- 
charge of the duties of his position, shall take and subscribe 
the following obligation: 

"I (name) do solemnly pledge my knightly honor that I 
will support the Supreme Constitution of the Order of the 
Knights of Pythias, and the Grand Constitution of the Domain of 
Iowa, and that I will discharge the duties of Tribune, without 
prejudice or partiality, and to the best of my ability, so help me 
God." 

The Chief Tribune shall administer the obligation to each 
Tribune hereafter chosen. 

119. Recorder and IVIarshal to Be Appointed. The Grand 
Tribunal shall appoint a Recorder and a Marshal at its sessions 
for said Tribune. The duties of Marshal shall devolve upon the 
Recorder so long as the Tribunal shall elect, or until otherwise 
provided by law. 

120. Duties of Recorder. It shall be the duty of the Re- 
corder to attend upon the Tribunal at its sessions, issue its 
processes and keep a full and correct record of all the proceed- 
ings of said Tribunal. It shall be the duty of the Marshal to exe- 
cute all processes and orders issuing from the Grand Tribunal or 
an associate Tribune in pursuance of law, and to take charge of 
all property of the Grand Government used by the Tribunal or its 
members. 



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121. Reporter — Duties of. The Grand Tribunal shall select 
from among its members a Reporter of its decisions, whose duty 
it shall be to compile and prepare same for printing and publi- 
cation for each year, and who shall deliver the manuscript when 
so compiled and prepared to the Chairman of the Committee on 
Printing for publication, within thirty days of the end of eacL 
year. 

122. Calling Sessions — Adjournment. All sessions of the 
Grand Tribunal shall be called by the Chief Tribune, who shall 
give to each associate Tribune and Officers of Grand Tribunal 
ten days' notice of the time and place of such session. If a 
quorum does not attend on the day appointed the Recorder shall 
note the fact on the record, and the session shall stand ad- 
journed until the next day and so on until the third day, then 
if a quorum shall not attend, the Tribune or Tribunes present 
shall fix a time and place for the next session, and continue the 
business over until that time, and if during a session after a 
quorum has assembled, less than a quorum attend on any day, 
those in attendance may adjourn from day to day until the third 
day, or may appoint a time and place • for next session and 
adjourn. 

CHAPTER II. 

APPELLATE JURISDICTION AND rROCEDniR. 

123. Jurisdiction. The Grand Tribunal has appellate juris- 
diction over all judgments or decrees of any Subordinate Lodge, 
or from any final order or decision of the Grand Chancellor; and 
he may refer any matter submitted to him to the Grand Tribunal 
for decision. 

124. Appellant — Appellee — Appeal Taken. Appeals as 
above stated shall be taken within twenty days from the rendi- 
tion of such judgment decree, final order or decision, and not 
afterwards; provided, however, that if appellant is an infant," 
insane person or imprisoned, then within twenty days after the 
removal of such disability. 

125. Notice. An appeal is taken and perfected by the ser- 
vice of a notice in writing on the adverse party or his attorney 
who appeared in the trial below, or if a lodge is the adverse 
party upon the Keeper of Records and Seal or Chancellor Com- 



GRAND CONSTITUTION AND GRAND STATUTES 59 

mander, as the case may be, and the person taking the appeal 
shall be termed the appellant, and the other party the appellee. 

126. Appeal Extended. If the ends of justice may require 
an extension, the Subordinate Lodge rendering the order, deci- 
sion or decree appealed from, may extend the time for taking 
such appeal upon application made within said twenty days. 

127. Transcript Forwarded. Within thirty days after ap- 
peal is granted the officer having the original record in his 
custody shall make, certify and forward a complete transcript 
(or so mucii of said record as shall be necessary for the hearing 
of the appeal) to the Grand Tribunal, and no evidence shall be 
received except as provided in the next section. 

128. Trial De Novo. The Grand Tribunal may, if in its 
judgment the ends of justice require, try said appeal anew, not 
only on the record sent up, but may order the original documents 
or other evidence to be forwarded, and may take testimony and 
hear additional evidence, except in acquittal in criminal cases. 

129. Writ of Error — Appeal. All final judgments, orders, 
decrees or decisions from w-hich an appeal would lie, except in 
acquittal in criminal cases, may be re-examined, reversed, af- 
firmed or modified by the Grand Tribunal upon a Writ of Error if 
the application is made within six months of the entry of same; 
provided, however, if the party entitled to prosecute same is 
under legal disabilities stated in this chapter, then same may be 
prosecuted, within one year, exclusive of the term of such dis- 
ability. 

130. Autlienticated Transcript of Record Filed and As- 
signment of Errors Served. To remove a case to the Grand 
Tribunal on writ of error the party complaining shall file with 
the Recorder of the Grand Tribunal an authenticated transcript 
of the whole record, together with an assignment in writing of 
the error complained of, with a prayer for the relief desired. 
He shall give the adverse party ten clear days' notice of the 
time and place of filing the same, and the notice thus served shall 
be in lieu of any further citation of the party upon whom it is 
served, and no writ of error need actually issue unless otherwise 
ordered by the Grand Tribunal. Said assignment of errors and 
notice duly served upon the adverse party shall be annexed to 
the authenticated transcript, and shall be a necessary part of 



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the record upon which the Grand Tribunal may, except in 
acquittal in criminal cases, re-examine the cause removed there- 
to upon writ of error; but the Grand Tribunal may, in its discre- 
tion upon satisfactory showing by party complaining, order any 
original record or transcript of same. 

131. Judgment May Be Suspended. Upon the institution of 
proceedings in the Grand Tribunal by writ of error, any member 
of the Grand Tribunal may at chambers supersede the judgment, 
decision, decree or order complained of, if upon examination of 
the transcript of the record and assignment of errors he is of 
the opinion that the purposes of justice will be best subserved 
thereby. His order directing that the proceedings shall operate 
as a supersedeas shall be in writing, and the party complaining 
shall at once give the- adverse party written notice of such 
order, accompanied with a certified copy of the order. 

132. Amendment on Appeal and Writ of Error. The Grand 
Tribunal may at any time, in its discretion and upon such terms 
as it may deem just, allow an amendment to the proceedings 
whereby any cause is sought to be removed to the Grand Tri- 
bunal by appeal or writ of error, if, in its judgment, the purposes 
of justice require it. 

133. May Affirm, Direct Other Proceedings, or Grant New 
Trial. Except in acquittal in criminal cases, the Grand Tribunal 
may affirm, modify or reverse any judgment, decision, decree or 
order lawfully brought before it for review, or it may direct such 
further 'proceedings to be had by the inferior tribunal from 
which it came, as the justice of the case may require, or it may 
grant a new trial and remand the cause in such case, as it may 
deem necessary and proper. 

134. Shall Issue Writs. The Grand Tribunal shall have 
power to issue and prescribe the forms of all writs and other 
process which may be necessary for the exercise of its jurisdic- 
tion, and the method of filing proceedings and pleadings, taking 
and obtaining testimony, entering and enrolling decrees, and 
collecting fines, and generally to regulate its practice in all 
matters over which it has jurisdiction. 

135. Record May Be Corrected. If in any case the trans- 
cript of the record filed in the Grand Tribunal is. not correct or 
not full and complete, either party may suggest a diminution of 



GRAND CONSTITUTION AND GRAND STATUTES 61 

the record and ask the Grand Tribunal for a certiorari directed 
to the Tribunal below, to send up a more perfect record. Such 
suggestions must be supported by aflBdavit, stating the defect, 
unless it is apparent on the face of the record. 

136. Lost Record Supplied. When any cause has been 
removed to the Grand Tribunal and the record filed therein or 
any part thereof has been lost, or mislaid, or destroyed, the 
same may be supplied by order of the Grand Tribunal authoriz- 
ing it to be supplied by a duly certified copy of the original 
record, when the same can be obtained. If this cannot be done, 
then the Grand Tribunal may authorize it to be supplied in 
substance and effect from the best evidence obtainable. 

137. Rehearing Granted if Asked Within Sixty Days. The 
Grand Tribunal shall have the power to grant a rehearing of any 
matter determined by it for good cause shown; provided, an 
application for rehearing be made within sixty days. 

138. Parties May Employ Counsel. In all cases pending 
in the Grand Tribunal, the parties may plead and manage their 
own cases personally, or by the assistance of such counsel as by 
the rules of the Grand Tribunal are permitted to conduct cases 
therein. 

139. Authority to Punish Contempt. The Grand Tribunal 
shall have power to impose and administer all necessary obli- 
gations, and to punish, by fine, contempt of its authority; provid- 
ed, that such power to punish contempts shall not be construed 
to extend to any case except misbehavior in the presence of the 
Grand Tribunal, or so near thereto as to obstruct its business, 
the misbehavior of any of the officers of the Grand Tribunal in 
their official transactions, and the disobedience or resistance by 
any such officer, or by any party, witness or counsel, or other 
person, to any lawful writ, process, order, rule, decree or com- 
mand of the Grand Tribunal. 

140. Fines Paid to Grand Lodge. The fines imposed in such 
cases when collected shall be paid into the treasury of the Grand 
Lodge by the Recorder of the Grand Tribunal. 



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CHAPTER III. 

ORIGINAL JURISDICTION AND PROCEDURE, 

141. Exclusive and Original Jurisdiction. The Grand Tri- 
bunal shall have exclusive jurisdiction of all controversies be- 
tween Subordinate Lodges in this Domain. 

142. Complaint. The Subordinate Lodge or a member 
thereof, desiring relief as provided for herein, shall prepare and 
file with the Recorder of the Grand Tribunal a clear and concise 
statement in writing of the relief asked for, in case of a Subor- 
dinate Lodge signed by the Chancellor Commander and Keeper 
of Records and Seal thereof properly authenticated by the Seal 
of said lodge, and in case of a member thereof it shall be signed 
by said member and verified by his pledge of honor to the effect 
that the statements made therein are true. 

143. Notice to Defendant. The Recorder of the Grand Tri- 
bunal shall without delay send by registered mail a written 
notice to each person designated as Defendant, together with a 
copy of such statement attested by him, that ten days thereafter 
said cause therein described will be entered on the Docket of the 
Grand Tribunal. 

144. Time of Hearing. At the expiration of said ten days, 
said cause shall be entered upon the Docket of the Grand Tri- 
bunal and ready for hearing as herein provided. There shall 
also be filed with every pleading herein a copy thereof for the 
use of the adverse party, which shall be forwarded by said 
Recorder without delay by registered mail to such adverse party. 

145. Evidence — Depositions. Ten days after the making 
up of the issues in said cause, either party may proceed to take 
evidence. All depositions read in evidence shall be taken before 
a Past Chancellor of the Order in good standing, upon ten days' 
notice given to the adverse party of the time and place of taking 
same either by personal service upon or by registered letter 
addressed to said parties. 

146. All Writs Signed by Recorder. All writs and processes 
Issuing from the Grand Tribunal shall be under the seal thereof 
and signed by its Recorder, and shall be served and returned in 
such manner as the Tribunal may prescribe by its rules and 
regulations, or as shall be provided by law. 



GRAND CONSTITUTION AND GRAND STATUTEvS 63 

147. Causes May Be Consolidated. When causes of a like 
nature or relating to the same question, are pending before the 
Orand Tribunal, it may make such orders and rules concerning 
proceedings therein as will best avoid unnecessary costs or delay 
in the administration of justice, and by consent of the parties 
shall consolidate such causes when it appears proper so to do. 

148. Amendments Allowed for Cause. For good cause 
shown the Grand Tribunal may allow amendments to the pro- 
ceedings in causes pending before it, either in the pleadings or 
by the introduction of new parties, upon such conditions and 
under such restrictions as it may provide in the Rules of Pro- 
cedure, or whenever it may be made to appear that the purposes 
of justice require it. It may also, upon good cause shown, 
permit parties to be made other than those already parties 
thereto, upon it being made to satisfactorily appear that they 
are substantially interested in the subject matter of the contro- 
versy. 

149. Default Taken If No Appearance. No judgment shall 
be taken or decree entered by default within less than ten days 
after it shall have been docketed by the Grand Tribunal. After 
the cause shall have been docketed therein for twenty days, if 
the person or body complained of shall not have appeared and 
defended, the Grand Tribunal shall proceed as if the complaint or 
the facts alleged in the petition were admitted; provided, how- 
ever, that upon good cause shown, the Grand Tribunal may ex- 
tend the time for defense against the complaint; or after judg- 
ment or decree entered by default, upon good cause shown and 
upon terms fixed by it, may set aside such judgment or decree 
and reopen it for proof, and upon the hearing thereof render 
such judgment as to it may appear right. 

TITLE III. 
CHAPTER I. 

CONVENTIONS AND BUSINESS OF A SUBORDINATE LODGE. 

150. Conventions. Each Subordinate Lodge within this 
Domain shall hold stated conventions at least twice each month 
at a place and on the day appointed, and the day and place shall 
not be changed without the approval of the Grand Lodge or the 
Grand Chancellor, and previous notice to all the members. The 



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hour of convening shall be as prescribed by the by-laws of the 
Subordinate Lodge. 

151. Suspension of Charter. If a Subordinate Lodge with- 
in this Domain shall neglect or refuse for the period of three 
months to hold regular conventions as provided by law, unless 
it shall have been authorized by dispensation duly granted there- 
for to suspend such conventions, its Charter may be suspended 
by the Grand Chancellor or the Grand Lodge. When such lodge 
or its charter is so suspended, its charter, books, jewels, funds 
and all of its other property and effects, real and personal, shall 
at once revert to the Grand Lodge, and it shall be the duty of 
the Chancellor Commander, trustee, or other officer or officers, 
or members of such lodge, in custody thereof, to forthwith deliv- 
er to the Grand Keeper of Records and Seal or the member of 
the order authorized by him to receive the same said Charter 
and all other property and effects of said lodge, and the same 
shall be kept by the Grand Keeper of Records and Seal, subject 
to the order of the Grand Chancellor or the Grand Lodge. 

152. Special on Call of Chancellor Commander. Special 
conventions may be ordered by the lodge, or 'jailed by the Chan- 
cellor Commander on his own motion, or on the written request 
of five m.embers. No business shall be transacted at a special 
convention except that stated in the call, due notice of which 
shall be given to every member. 

153. Business Transacted in Knight's Rank. All lodge bus- 
iness shall be transacted when the lodge is open in the Knight 
Rank, except the actual conferring of the Page or the Esquire 
Rank, and except when conducting the trial of a Page or Esquire. 

CHAPTER IL 

ELECTTOX AND ArPOlNTMEXT OF THE OFFICERS OF A SUBORDINATE 

LODGE. 

154. Elective Officers. The Elective Officers of a Subordin- 
ate Lodge shall be a Chancellor Commander, Vice-Chancellor, 
Prelate, Master of Work, Keeper^ of Records and Seal, Master of 
Finance, Master of Exchequer, Master-at-Arms, Inner Guard, 
Outer Guard, who shall be elected annually by separate ballots 
at the first regular meeting in the month of December, and three 
Trustees whose terms of office shall be three years; one Trustee 



GRAND CONSTITUTION AND GRAND STATUTES 65 

to be elected annually. Provided, that at the regular election of 
officers in December, 1903, there shall be elected one Trustee for 
a term of one year, one Trustee for a term of two years, and one 
Trustee for a term of three years, and thereafter one Trustee 
annually for a term of three years. 

CHAPTER III. 

REGULATING THE NOMINATION, ELECTION AND INSTALLATION OF THE 
OFFICERS OF SUBORDINATE LODGES AND FOR FILLING VACANCIES. 

155. All Shall Have an Opportunity to Be Heard — Absence 
Shall Not Prevent One Being Nominated. At the election of 
officers in Subordinate Lodges, the presiding officer shall not 
close the nominations until every member present has had an 
opportunity to be heard, nor shall a qualified member, duly 
nominated, be excluded from the list of nominees because he is 
not present. 

156. Tellers and Duties. When an election is to be held for 
any office or officers in the lodge, the Chancellor Commander 
shall appoint two or more members as tellers. The Knights 
entitled to vote shall then be counted, and their number noted. 
When the poll has been declared open, each qualified Knight 
shall deposit his ballot. After collecting and counting the bal- 
lots, should it appear that a greater number of votes were cast 
than there were legally qualified Knights voting, or should there 
be less than seven votes cast, then the Chancellor Commander 
shall declare the ballot illegal and void, and direct that another 
be taken immediately. 

157. Candidate Receiving Lowest Vote Dropped. In case 
there are three or more candidates for the same office, neither 
of whom has received a majority of the votes polled on the first 
legal ballot, the candidate receiving the lowest number of votes 
shall be dropped, and so on in each succeeding ballot until an 
election is had, except in case of a tie vote occurring on the two 
candidates next to the highest, when it shall be confined to the 
three highest. 

158. Votes to Be Sealed on Demand. The Tellers shall up- 
on the demand of three members present and voting carefully 
place all the ballots cast on any vote in an envelope, seal and 



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endorse the same with the number of the vote, as first, second, 
etc., and the officer voted for. Said envelopes shall be carefully 
preserved by the Keeper of Records and Seal until the installa- 
tion of the officers declared elected, and longer if necssary, to 
be used in any contest made. The recanvass of the vote shall 
be made by a committee of three appointed by the Chancellor 
Commander, and the contestants shall have the right to be 
present at such new canvass. 

159. Inattention, Absence or Conduct Subjects Officer to 
Removal. Any officer may be removed, for inattention to the 
duties of his station or conduct unbecoming his standing in the 
Order. Absence of any Ritualistic officer for four consecutive 
conventions, shall create a vacancy, unless excused by the lodge. 

160. Nomination and Election to Fill Vacancy. The nom- 
ination and election to fill any vacancy may be held at the same 
or any regular convention after a vacancy has been declared; 
provided, no vacancy shall be declared on the night of the fourth 
consecutive absence. 

161. Officers Under Charges May Officiate. Every officer 
against whom charges are preferred shall have a fair and im- 
partial trial, in accordance with the laws, rules, and regulations 
of the Order, but he may officiate in his office, except on matters 
connected with the charges or trial, until the same have been 
settled. 

162. A Chancellor Commander Re-Elected is Entitled to 
Honor of Past Chancellor. A Chancellor Commander serving his 
first term, who may be elected for another term, is entitled to 
the honor of Past Chancellor in the Grand Lodge. 

CHAPTER IV. 

GRAND REPRESENTATIVES, THEIR CREDENTIALS, INSIGNIA, AND 
HEPORT. 

163. Representative's Credentials. In order to gain admit- 
tance to the Grand Lodge, each Representative and alternate 
must be furnished by his lodge with a certificate in the following 



GRAND CONSTITUTION AND GRAND STATUTES 67 

form, a duplicate of which must be sent to the Grand Keeper of 
Records and Seal immediately after his election: 
Representative's Credentials. 

Castle Hall of Lodge, No. . 

Iowa. 

Knights of Pythias, Grand Domain of Iowa. 

This is to Certify, That Past Chancellor 

has been duly elected a Representative or alternate of this 
Lodge, Knights of Pythias of Iowa, to serve for one year from 
the second Wednesday in August, 190... 

In Witness Whereof, We have hereunto affixed our hands 

and the Seal of our Lodge, this day of 

A. D. 190 , P. P 

[Seal.] C. C. 

Attest K. of R. & S. 

164. Jewel. Each Representative shall be required at all 
conventions of the Grand Lodge to wear a Representative Jewel, 
as prescribed by the Supreme Lodge, and all lodges are required 
to furnish such jewels to their Representatives. 

165. Representative Must Report. A Grand Representative 
shall submit to his lodge a report in writing within one month 
after the adjournment of the Grand Lodge. 

CHAPTER V. 

DUTIES OF OFFICERS OF A SUBORDINATE LODGE. 

166. Duties of Chancellor Commander. The Chancellor 
Commander shall preside at all conventions of the lodge, appoint 
all officers pro tempore, enforce the laws, rules and regulations 
of the lodge, and those of the Supreme and Grand Lodges, sign 
all orders on the Master of Exchequer ordered by the vote of the 
lodge. He shall announce the result of all balloting or other 
voting of the lodge, appoint a majority of all committees (unless 
otherwise ordered by the lodge), and perform all duties per- 
taining to his office enjoined by the Ritual and laws of the 
Order. He shall determine when and how much work may be 
done before conferring the ranks at any convention of the lodge, 
unless otherwise ordered by the vote of the members present. 



68 GEAND CONSTITUTION AND GEAND STATUTES 

167. Vice-Chancellor. Tlie Vice-Chancellor shall assist the 
Chancellor • Commander in preserving order in the Lodge; ap- 
point a minority of all committees (unless otherwise ordered by 
the lodge) ; aid him in conducting the ritualistic ceremonies, 
work, and business of the lodge, and have charge of the inner 
door. He shall preside in the absence of the Chancellor Com- 
mander, and perform such other duties as are enjoined by the 
laws of the Order. 

168. Keeper of Records and Seal. The Keeper of Records 
and Seal shall keep an accurate record of all the proceedings of 
the lodge, make out the semi-annual report of the work and busi- 
ness of the lodge for the Grand Lodge, and such other documents 
and notices as may be ordered by the lodge, 

169. Same. He shall notify the Grand Keeper of Records 
and Seal immediately of any change in his office or postoffice ad- 
dress; give notice to the Grand Keeper of Records and Seal of all 
rejections of candidates, and the suspension and reinstatement of 
members; have charge of the correspondence, records, and seal 
of the lodge, and perform such other duties as are enjoined by 
the laws, rules and regulations of the Order. He shall receive 
for his services such compensation as the by-laws of the lodge 
may prescribe. 

170. rvlaster of Finance. The Master of Finance shall keep 
just and correct accounts between the lodge and its members, 
receive all moneys due the lodge, giving his receipt therefor; 
pay the same immediately to the Master of Exchequer, taking his 
receipt for the same; notify all members who are in arrears; 
furnish the Keeper of Records and Seal with a statement of the 
receipts previous to the close of each convention; make out and 
submit at the first convention in the neKt term a full and com- 
plete report of the transactions of his office, and perform such 
other duties as are enjoined by the laws, rules, and regulations. 
He shall receive for his services such compensation as may be 
prescribed in the by-laws. 

171. Master of Exchequer. The Master of Exchequer shall 
enter upon the duties of his office immediately after his installa- 
tion; he shall receive the funds that should come into his hands 
by virtue of his office, and shall give receipt therefor by his 
proper signature and official title, and he and his sureties shall 
be responsible therefor. 



GEAND CONSTITUTION AND GRAND STATUTES 69 

172. Same. He shall pay all orders drawn on him by the 
Chancellor Commander and attested by the Keeper of Records 
and Seal, and such orders when properly endorsed by the re- 
spective payees, shall be his only valid vouchers for the dis- 
bursements of the funds of the lodge. 

173. Same. He shall submit to the lodge at the first con- 
vention in the next term, a full report of the receipts and dis- 
bursements of his office without vouchers. 

174. Master at Arms. The Master at Arms shall have 
charge of the working properties of the lodge, and be held re- 
sponsible for their safe keeping, and perform such other duties 
as are required and enjoined by the laws of the Order. 

175. Trustees. The Board of Trustees, neither of whom 
shall be the Chancellor Commander, Vice-Chancellor, Master of 
Exchequer, or Master of Finance of the lodge, shall be charged 
with the general supervision and care of investments and other 
lodge property, negotiate and sign all leases, invest in such 
loans, stocks or other securities as the lodge may direct; call in, 
sell, and realize on loans, stocks and other investments whenever 
the lodge shall order the same to be done, collect all interest, 
dividends, rents and other money arising or accruing from any 
and all the investments belonging to the lodge, and immediately 
pay the money collected by them to the Master of Finance, and 
shall have the property of the lodge insured for not less than 
two-thirds of its value. 

176. Same. They shall report when called upon by the 
lodge and make a full report in writing, together with an inven- 
tory of all the properties of the lodge, at the first convention in 
each year. 

177. Same. They shall examine and audit all bills and 
claims, unless otherwise ordered by the lodge. 

178. Bonds. Before anyone shall be installed into either of 
the oflSces of Keeper of Records and Seal, Master of Finance, or 
Master of Exchequer, or shall assume the duties of Trustee, he 
shall file with the lodge an approved bond in such sum as shall 
be fixed by law, conditioned for the faithful discharge of the 
duties of the office to which he has been elected, and for the 
delivery to his successor at the end of his official term, or upon 
his removal from oflEice, of all the property and funds of the lodge 



70 GRAND LODGE KNIGHTS OF TYTHIAS 

of which he may become possessed by virtue of his incumbency 
of said office, which may or should be in liis possession at the 
time the office is vacated. 

179. Auditing Committee. On the night of the election of 
officers there shall be appointed a committee of three Knights 
for the purpose of auditing the books and accounts of the Mas- 
ter of Exchequer, Master of Finance, and Keeper of Records and 
Seal. Said committee shall report in writing at the first stated 
convention in January and July in each year. 

180. Same. The Auditing Committee shall also audit the 
books and accounts of the Trustees, and report to the lodge in 
writing within thirty days after the close of the last term in each 
year. 

CHAPTER VI. 

ATTAINMENT OF THE RANKS OF KNIGHTHOOD. 

181. Committee on Application. An Investigating Committee 
to pass upon applications for membership shall be appointed as 
provided by Supreme Law. 

182. Received and Referred to Committee. Such applica- 
tion may be received at any stated convention of the lodge, and 
shall be referred to an Investigating Committee of three mem- 
bers who have attained the Rank of Knight, neither of whom 
shall have recommended the applicant. All other lodges in the 
county of this Domain in which the lodge to which application 
is made is situated, shall at once be notified that the application 
has been received, giving name, age, occupation and place of res- 
idence of the applicant and names of Committee of Investigation. 

183. Must Report at Second Convention. At the second 
stated convention after said committee has been appointed the 
application shall again be read, and, unless by a majority vote of 
the lodge further time be granted, the committee having inves- 
tigated as to character and qualifications of the applicant, shall 
report at the convention. 

184. Failure to Attend for Six Conventions Forfeits Fees. 

Every applicant elected to membership failing to present him- 
self for initiation within six stated conventions of the lodge, after 



GRAND CONSTITUTION AND GRAND STATUTES 71 

being notified of his election (unless prevented by sickness or 
some other unavoidable occurrence), shall forfeit the amount 
paid by him to the lodge. 

CHAPTER VII. 

DUES AND ASSESSMENTS. 

185. Dues Must Be Paid. Every member of the Order shall 
pay dues to his lodge, and different rates of dues may be re- 
quired from members of the different Ranks of Knighthood; pro- 
vided, that in no case shall the dues charged to members be 
less than two dollars per year. 

CHAPTER VIII. 

AFFILIATION BY CARDS FEES FOR. 

186. Fees. The minimum fee for affiliation by the deposit 
of a transfer card shall be one dollar. 

187. Same. The fee for affiliation by the deposit of a with- 
drawal card, Grand Lodge card, Supreme Lodge card, or Transfer 
card, shall be one dollar unless otherwise prescribed in the by- 
laws, but in no case shall it exceed the amount of the fee which 
the lodge prescribes for the Ranks of Knighthood. 

188. Fees for Withdrawal Cards and Transfer Cards. The 

fee for a withdrawal or Transfer card shall be not less than one 
dollar and must accompany the application therefor. 

189. Fee for Grand Lodge Card. The fee for a Grand 
Lodge card shall be one dollar and must accompany the applica- 
tion. 

190. Duplicates. Should it become necessary to issue a 
duplicate withdrawal. Grand Lodge, or transfer card, the fee 
therefor shall not be less than one dollar. 

CHAPTER IX. 

RELIEF COMMITTEE. 

191. Relief Committee IVIust Be Appointed. Immediately 
upon his installation, the Chancellor Commander shall appoint a 
Relief Committee of three, who shall hold their positions dur- 
ing the term in which they are appointed. 



72 GRAND LODGE KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS 

192. Duties to Be Prescribed in the By-Laws. The Relief 
Committee shall perform such duties as may be prescribed in 
the By-Laws of the Subordinate Lodge. 

CHAPTER X. 

BENEFITS AFTER ACQUITTAL. 

193. IVIember Under Charges When Acquitted Is Entitled 
to Benefits as of Date of Charges. When, after due trial, a mem- 
ber has been acquitted, all rights to benefits, possessed by him, 
are revived as of the time charges were preferred, if otherwise 
entitled thereto. 

CHAPTER XL 

VOTING IN A SUBORDINATE LODGE. 

194. Majority of Votes Decides all Questions Except Ap- 
propriations. A majority of all the valid votes cast shall decide 
all elections or motions not otherwise provided for, but questions 
that involve an appropriation or expenditure of money shall 
require the concurrence of two-thirds of the valid votes cast. 

195. Each Member Shall Vote. Each member present shall 
vote upon all questions and at all elections of members and offi- 
cers unless excused by the lodge. 

CHAPTER XII. 

WARRANTS AND CHARTERS FOR SUBORDINATE LODGE. 

196. Issued Upon Approval of Grand Chancellor. Charters 
shall be issued to Subordinate Lodges when the applicants have 
complied with the provisions of the Supreme Constitution and 
Statutes relative to warrants, charters and applications therefor, 
but no such charter shall be issued except upon the approval 
and recommendations of the Grand Chancellor. 

197. When to Apply. No charter shall be issued to a Sub- 
ordinate Lodge acting under a warrant unless said lodge shall 
make application therefor at the next or second Grand Lodge 
convention held after said warrant has been issued; but upon 



GEAND CONSTITUTION AND GRAND STATUTES 73 

recommendation of the Grand Chancellor, the Grand Lodge may- 
extend the time for making such application. 

198. Last Officer of Suspended or Dissolved Lodge to De- 
liver Property. When a lodge is suspended or dissolved, or its 
warrant or charter arrested, it shall be the duty of the last Chan- 
cellor Commander or of its senior officer, to deliver to the Grand 
Chancellor, or his deputy, the warrant or charter, its books, 
jewels, funds, emblems, regalia, and all other property and 
effects. 

199. How Suspended. Before the Warrant or Charter of 
a Subordinate Lodge is suspended, except in cases otherwise 
provided for, the lodge shall be entitled to a trial on the cause 
or causes alleged for such suspension, and the trial shall be be- 
fore the Grand Tribunal, and the pleadings and procedure of trial 
shall be such as are adopted by the Grand Tribunal. The 
Grand Tribunal shall, after due hearing of the cause, return a 
verdict, award the penalty, if any, and make the necessary order 
or orders in the cause. In all such cases the verdict, penalty, or 
orders of the Grand Tribunal shall be certified to the Grand 
Chancellor and parties in interest, and in case the said verdict, 
penalty or orders shall require the punishment of a lodge or the 
suspension of its warrant or charter, the Grand Chancellor shall 
immediately enforce the requirements of the orders and decree. 
No such warrant or charter shall be revoked except by a formal 
vote of the Grand Lodge. 

200. When Property Reverts to Grand Lodge. When a 
lodge is suspended, or its warrant or charter arrested, the war- 
rant or charter, its books, jewels, funds and all other property 
and effects at once revert to the Grand Lodge, and it shall be the 
duty of the Chancellor Commander, the Trustee, or other officer 
or officers of such lodge in custody thereof to deliver to the 
Grand Chancellor, or his deputy, the warrant or charter of said 
lodge, and said other property and effects, together with all 
papers and writings relative to or affecting the title thereof; and 
wHen such or any member thereof shall fail upon demand of the 
Grand Chancellor to deliver to or make restitution of any prop- 
erty or funds in its or their possession, the Grand Chancellor 
may refuse to grant and may revoke any Grand Lodge card or 
cards issued to such members, and such lodge or a member 



74 GKAND LODGE KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS 

thereof aggrieved by the action of the Grand Chancellor shall 
have the right to appeal to the Grand Tribunal. 

201. Property Restored When Reinstated. All funds, prop- 
erty or effects received by the Grand Lodge or Grand Chancellor 
from a dissolved or suspended lodge shall be restored thereto 
in the event of its being reinstated within two years. 

202. If Not Reinstated in Two Years, Title Becomes Ab- 
solute In Grand Lodge. In case a lodge shall not be reinstated 
within two years after its dissolution or suspension, all property 
and effects so received from such lodge shall become the abso- 
lute property of the Grand Lodge; provided, that any legitimate 
claims there may have been against said lodge at the time of 
dissolution or suspension, for borrowed money, paraphernalia, 
or rent of Castle Hall, or on account of any necessary running 
expense, shall be paid by the Grand Lodge out of the money or 
property received from said lodge, if sufficient money or property 
shall have been so received. And if the Grand Lodge shall not 
have so received sufficient money or property, then all the money 
or property so received by the Grand Lodge from said lodge, 
shall be applied to the payment of said claims against said lodge, 
pro rata. 

CHAPTER Xni. 

FEES FOR MEMBERSHir. 

203. Shall Not Be Less Than Fifteen Dollars. The fees 
for Ranks of Knighthood shall not be less than fifteen dollars, 
and as fixed by the by-laws of each Subordinate Lodge, and as 
provided in section six (6) of article nine (9) of the Grand Con- 
stitution; but a member in good standing in this Domain may 
become a charter member of a new lodge by taking a withdrawal 
card and paying a fee of not more than one dollar. 

204. Fees Must Be Paid in Advance. Fees for each Rank, 
for affiliation by card, and for reinstatement, must be paid in 
advance. 

CHAPTER XIV. 

DISrOSAL OF FUNDS OF A SUBOEDINATE LODGE. 

205. Special Fund. Subordinate Lodges may by by-laws es- 
tablish a fund, separate from the General Fund, to be known and 
designated as a Special Fund. 



GRAND CONSTITUTION AND GRAND STATUTES 75 

206. To Be Used for Entertainment. Such Special Fund 
may be used for the purpose of providing entertainments or any- 
other purpose that would reflect credit upon the Order. 

207. Shall Consist of Donations and Proceeds of Fines and 
Assessments. Such fund shall consist of such donations as may 
be made to it, and the profits of any entertainment given 
thereby, and of money derived from fines and assessments. 

208. When Discontinued Funds Carried to General Fund. 
Any lodge may discontinue such Special Fund or transfer the 
whole or any part thereof to the General Fund. In the event of 
such discontinuation the proceeds of fines and assessments shall 
be carried to the General Fund. 

CHAPTER XV. 

RULES OF ORDER FOR SUBORDINATE LODGE. 

209. Guide. "Robert's Rules of Order" shall be the guide 
for Subordinate Lodges in all cases not hereinafter provided. 

210. Members to Invest With Jewels. When the Chancel- 
lor Commander takes the chair, the officers and members shall 
be invested with proper jewels and take their seats. 

211. Order and Exceptions. The business shall be pro- 
ceeded with as prescribed in the "Order of Business," except in 
case of official visitations from the Supreme or Grand Lodge 
Officers, when all business except when a Rank is being con- 
ferred, shall immediately be laid aside, until the object of the 
visit is accomplished. 

212. Punishment for Misbehavior. Any member who shall 
misbehave in the convention of the lodge, disturb the order or 
harmony thereof by abusive, disorderly, or profane language, or 
refuse obedience to the rules or enter a lodge convention in an 
intoxicated condition, shall be admonished for his offense, and 
if he offend again, shall be excluded from the room for the even- 
ing, and afterward dealt with as the laws prescribe. 

213. Duties of Chancellor Commander — Appeals. The 
Chancellor Commander shall preserve order and annuonce the 
decisions of the lodge on all subjects; he shall decide all ques- 
tions of order without debate, subject to an appeal to the lodge, 



76 GEAND LODGE KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS 

by any member, when the question before the lodge shall be, 
"Shall the decision of the chair stand as the judgment of the 
lodge?" 

214. Form of Motion. Before putting the question the pre- 
siding officer shall ask, "Is the lodge ready for the question?" 
If no member rises to speak, and a majority of the lodge is ready 
for the question, he shall rise and put it; and after he shall 
have put it, members shall not be permitted to speak. 

215. If Two or More Rise. If two or more members rise 
to speak at the same time, the presiding officer shall decide 
which is entitled to the floor. 

216. Member Must Confine Himself to Question. Bach 
member speaking shall rise and respectfully address the presid- 
ing officer, confine himself, to the question under debate, and 
avoid all personalities. 

217. Interruption Not Permitted. A member shall not be 
interrupted while speaking, except by a call to order. 

218. If called to Order Must Be Seated. If a member, while 
speaking, be called to order, he shall take his seat until the 
question of order is determined, when, if permitted, he may then 
proceed. 

219. Must Not Speak More Than Once. A member shall 
not speak more than once on the same question until all who 
wish to speak shall have had an opportunity, nor more than 
twice without permission of the presiding officer; and every 
member speaking shall designate the officer or member spoken 
of by his proper Rank or title. 

220. Precedence of Motions. When a question is before 
the lodge, no motion shall be in order, except it be to proceed to 
close the previous question, to lay on the table, to postpone in- 
definitely, to postpone for a certain time, to divide, to recommit, 
or to amend, which motions shall severally have precedence in 
the order herein arranged. The first three shall be decided 
without debate. 

221. Previous Question. On the call of two members a ma- 
jority of the lodge may demand the previous question, which 
shall always be put in this form: "Shall the main question be 



GRAND CONSTITUTION AND GRAND STATUTES 77 

put?" And until it is decided, shall preclude all amendments 
and all further debate. 

222. Chairman. The person first named on a committee 
shall act as Chairman, unless another is chosen by the mem- 
bers of the committee. 

223. Member May Be Excused. Any member may excuse 
himself from serving on a committee, if, at the time of his ap- 
pointment, he is a member of two other committees. A member 
when appointed on a committee during his absence from the 
lodge, cannot claim excuse, if properly notified by the Keeper 
of Records and Seal. 

224. Chairman Must Notify. The Chairman of a committee 
shall notify the members thereof to meet at such time and place 
as he may designate. 

225. Filling of Blanks. When a blank is to be filled, the 
question shall first be taken upon the highest sum or number 
and the longest and latest time proposed. 

CHAPTER XVI. 

REPORTS OF SUBORDINATE LODGES. 

226. Semi-Annual Report Must Be Made at Close of Term. 

At the close of every semi-annual term, each Subordinate Lodge 
shall make a full report on the blank furnished by the Grand 
Keeper of Records and Seal, properly filled out, duly attested 
with the signature of the Chancellor Commander and Keeper of 
Records and Seal and bearing the Seal of the Lodge. 

227. Sent to Grand Keeper of Records and Seal With 
Amount Due Grand Lodge. The semi-annual reports shall be 
sent to the Gr.and Keeper of Records and Seal promptly, accom- 
panied by the amount due the Grand Lodge in postofiice money 
order or bank draft. 

228. Failure to Have Report in His Hands Ten Days Pre- 
vious to Convention Forfeits Seat. If any lodge fails to send 
its semi-annual report and per capita tax, so that the same 
may be in the hands of the Grand Keeper of Records and Seal 
ten days previous to the convention then ensuing, its represen- 
tative shall not be seated in the Grand Lodge. 



78 GEAND LODGE KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS 

229. Report Must Be Completed Before Installation. The 
reports of the lodge must be filled out and properly attested, 
and the order drawn for the per capita tax, before the cere- 
mony of the installation of officers. 

CHAPTER XVII. 

BY-LAWS OF SUBOEDINATE LODGES AND ALTERATIONS OR AMEND- 
MENTS THEREOF. 

230. May Be Adopted. Each Subordinate Lodge shall have 
the right to make and adopt a code of By-Laws, in conformity 
with the Supreme and Grand Laws, for its government, which 
can be made, altered, amended, or added to, by submitting the 
propositions to the lodge in writing, signed by two members of 
the Knight Rank and having the same read at three regular 
conventions previous to being acted upon, when two-thirds of 
the valid votes cast concurring, they shall be adopted. 

231. Amendment. When an amendment to the By-Laws is 
upon its passage at the time provided, it is competent to change, 
alter, amend, or add to the original proposed amendment. 

232. First and Second Reading. The first reading shall be 
on the night of presentation, and the vote, as specified, may 
be had at the second regular convention thereafter. 

233. By-Laws Not Operative Until Approved. Before any 
By-Laws or amendments thereto can become operative they shall 
be executed by the Subordinate Lodges and two copies sent to 
the Grand Chancellor and receive his approval. After such ap- 
proval the Grand Chancellor shall return one copy to the lodge 
and the other copy shall be sent to the Grand Keeper of Records 
and Seal for preservation. 

CHAPTER XVIII. 

ORDER OF BUSINESS IN SUBORDINATE LODGES. 

234. Order of Business. The following shall be the "Order 
of Business" in a Subordinate Lodge, and may be transposed by 
the Chancellor Commander or by vote of the lodge, after passing 
Order No. 6. 

1. Opening ceremonies. 

2. Roll of officers called and absentees noted. 



GRAND CONSTITUTION AND GKAND STATUTES 79 

3. Reception of visiting Knights. 

4. Reading the minutes of last regular or special conven- 
tion. 

5. Reading official communications. 

6. Report of Relief Committee. 

7. Does any brother know of a Knight, or the family of a 
Knight, in distress? 

8. Presentation and/ reference of bills and communica- 
tions. 

9. Reading and referring of petitions for membership. 

10. Second reading of petitions, report of investigating com- 
mittees thereon, and balloting. 

11. Applications for membership in Endowment and Uni- 
form Ranks. 

12. Application for Rank. 

13. Conferring of Ranks. 

14. Reports of committees. 

15. Reports of officers. 

16. Unfinished business. 

17. New business. 

18. Good of the Order. 

19. Collection of dues. 

20. Announcement of receipts in detail by Master of Fin- 
ance.. 

21. Announcement of disbursements in detail by the Keeper 
of Records and Seal. 

22. The counting of rituals by the Master at Arms and his 
report to the Chancellor Commander. 

23. Closing in due form. 

TITLE IV. 

- OFFENSES. 
CHAPTER I: • 

OFFENSES AGAINST THE ORDER AND rRESCRlBlNG THE PENALTIES 
WHICH MAY BE INFLICTED THEREFOR. 

235. Offenses. Any member who shall neglect or refuse 
to obey the laws, enacted by this Grand Lodge, or the legal man- 
dates of any legal officers thereof, or who shall defraud such 
Grand Lodge, or who shall publicly attack or scandalize such 



80 GRAND LODGE KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS 

Grand Lodge, or any member thereof, shall be deemed guilty 
of an offense against the Order, and upon conviction thereof, 
such member shall be punished by reprimand or suspension, 
either definitely or indefinitely, or expulsion from the Order. 

236. Violation of Any Obligation, Etc. Every member viol- 
ating any of the obligations, established principles, laws, rules, 
or regulations of the Order; disregarding the requirements of 
the Constitution or By-Laws; disclosing the secret transactions 
of the lodge; divulging the name of a member who has re- 
ported unfavorably on an applicant or opposed his becoming a 
member; feigning himself sick or disabled; practicing, aiding, 
or in any other misrepresentation, false pretenses or fraud; 
guilty of habitual drunkenness, gambling, immoral, or criminal 
conduct of any kind, upon conviction of any such offenses, shall 
be punished by reprimand, suspension, definite or indefinite, or 
by expulsion from the Order. 

237. Neglect to File Reports. If any lodge refuses, or fails 
and neglects for more than thirty days after having been noti- 
fied or requested by the proper officers or persons, to furnish any 
report required by the laws of the Order, or if any such lodge 
fails or refuses for more than thirty days to make report to the 
Grand Tribunal showing the performance of any judgment, order 
or decree directed to it, it shall be deemed guilty of contempt 
and may be dealt with as provided in the preceding section. 

238. Electioneering Forbidden. Any candidate for any office 
within the gift of the Grand Lodge, who shall by letter, other 
writing, circular or printed matter, directly or indirectly, solicit 
votes or support for such office, or who shall by such means 
promote such candidacy, or cause any other person to do so, 
shall be ineligible to any oflSce within the gift of the Grand 
Lodge at the next ensuing meeting; provided, however, that 
nothing herein shall restrict or hinder any Subordinate Lodge 
from announcing the candidacy of one of its members for a 
Grand Lodge office, within sixty days prior to the next Grand 
Lodge meeting to other Subordinate Lodges; such announce- 
ment shall be limited to a statement of the name of the candi- 
date, the name and number of his lodge, the date of attaining 
the Grand Lodge and Knight's Rank without any further state- 
ment and no officer, Representative or member of a committee 
of the Grand Lodge shall wear the badge, emblem, or distinctive 



GRAND CONSTITUTION AND GRAND STATUTES 81 

insignia of any candidate for Supreme Representative or a 
Grand Lodge office. 

Trial for said practices shall be before the open Grand 
Lodge upon charges preferred by its Grievance Committee. 

239. Grand Chanceflor Shall Prefer Charges. Should the 
Grand Chancellor become cognizant of any violation or infrac- 
tion direct or indirect, of the provisions of any statute, or any 
of them, he shall formulate, or cause to be formulated the 
necessary complaint or charges against such offender or offen- 
ders, and the trial on such charges shall be in the manner pre- 
scribed by Supreme Law. If the offender be a Subordinate 
Lodge the charges shall be referred to the Grand Tribunal and 
such Subordinate Lodge shall be subject to notice, summons and 
trial, as may be provided for other violations of the Grand Law 
by Subordinate Lodges, and if adjudged guilty it shall be sub- 
ject to the penalty provided in this statute. 

Paragraph 1. If the offender or offenders be officers or 
individual members of the Order, affiliated or non-affiliated, 
the Grand Chancellor shall file the complaint or charges in the 
Subordinate Lodge with which they are connected, and shall 
order the trial of the offender or offenders in the manner pro- 
vided for other violations of the Supreme and Grand Law, and in 
case of conviction, the accused shall be subject to the penalties 
provided in this statute. 

Par. 2. In case a Subordinate Lodge shall refuse to hear 
and try the charges so preferred by the Grand Chancellor, he 
shall at once suspend the Warrant or Charter of such Subordinate 
Lodge. 

Par. 3. If the Subordinate Lodge shall, after trial, fail or 
refuse to convict a member against whom such complaint and 
charges have been filed, any member thereof or the Grand 
Chancellor may, in his discretion, appeal to the Grand Trib- 
unal. If upon final hearing the offender or offenders be con- 
victed of the offense charged, and the Subordinate Lodge shall 
still refuse to inflict the penalty prescribed by this statute 
and ordered to be imposed by the tribunal of final hearing in 
the case, the Grand Chancellor of this Domain shall at once 
suspend the warrant or charter of such Subordinate Lodge; 
provided, that should a majority of the members of such Sub- 



82 GEAND LODGE KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS 

ordinate Lodge, prior to the next convention of this Grand 
Lodge, petition the Grand Chancellor for permission to rescind 
the action upon which suspension was based, he may authorize 
such Subordinate Lodge to take the action proposed in the 
petition, and upon compliance by such Subordinate Lodge with 
the orders or judgment made in the case he shall revoke his 
order suspending the warrant or charter of the lodge. 

Par. 4. When the Warrant or Charter of a lodge is sus- 
pended under Paragraphs 2 or 3 of this Section, the Grand 
Chancellor shall at once prefer charges in the Grand Lodge 
against such Subordinate Lodge, setting forth merely the of- 
fense with which it is charged and for the alleged commission 
of which the suspension was ordered, specifying the time, place, 
and other material circumstances, and file said charges in the 
office of the Grand Keeper of Records and Seal. A 
copy of said charges shall be sent by the said Grand 
Keeper of Records and Seal by registered mail to the Chancellor 
Commander of such lodge together with a summons requiring 
the lodge to appear before ,said Grand Lodge at a namea time 
and place to answer the same. If, upon hearing the evidence 
produced by the parties respectively, the Grand Lodge shall find 
the Subordinate Lodge guilty of the offense charged the penalty 
shall be revocation of its Warrant or Charter or the further sus- 
pension thereof for such time as the Grand Lodge may de- 
termine. If the said charges be not sustained, the order of 
suspension theretofore made by the Grand Chancellor shall stand 
revoked. 

TITLE V. 

TRIALS. 

I. TRIAL OF CHANCELLOR COMMANDER. 
II. TRIAL OF OTHER OFFICERS. 

CHAPTER I. 

TRIAL OF A CHANCELLOR COMMANDER. 

240. Grand Tribunal Shall Have Jurisdiction. A Chancellor 
Commander of a lodge while the incumbent of the office for 
offi_cial misconduct and offenses against the laws of the Order 
shall be tried before the Grand Tribunal, jurisdiction for the 
purpose being hereby conferred on said body. 



GRAND CONSTITUTION AND GRAND STATUTES 83 

241. Charges May Be Preferred by Two or More. For any 
such offense committed by a Chancellor Commander, charges 
may be preferred by two or more members of the Order in 
good standing in the lodge to which he belongs. The charges 
shall specify the offense charged, and in what it consists, with 
clearness and precision, and with reasonable detail as to time, 
place and circumstances; shall be made under the pledge of 
honor of the accusers and shall be filed with the Recorder of 
the Grand Tribunal. 

242. Procedure Same as Title II, Chapter Ml After the 
charges are filed the case shall proceed, and the same shall be 
tried and conducted in the same manner, and with all the rights 
of the parties, as provided in Title II, Chapter III of these Stat- 
utes, relating to the original and exclusive jurisdiction of the 
Grand Tribunal and regulating procedure therein. 

243. Recorder Shall Present to Lodge the Findings. The 
Recorder of the Grand Tribunal shall, upon determination of 
such trial, forward to the lodge whence the charges origin- 
ated, a certified copy of the order and findings of the Grand 
Tribunal, which shall be read in open lodge and spread upon the 
records, and shall be binding upon all parties. 

CHAPTER II. 

TRIAL OF SUBORDINATE LODGE OFFICERS AND MEMBERS, OTHER 
THAN CHANCELLOR COMMANDER. 

244. Subordinate Lodge Shall Try. Every officer and mem- 
ber of a Subordinate Lodge other than the Chancellor Comman- 
der, shall, for offenses against such lodge, its officers and mem- 
bers, and for violation of the laws of the Grand or Subordinate 
Lodge be tried in his own lodge and not elsewhere, except on 
appeal, as provided in these Statutes. 

245. Prosecution May Be Commenced Openly or Privately. 
Prosecutions may be commenced against such officer or member 
in two ways, openly or privately: 

(a) A brother accused of the violation of any Pythian 
law or principle may be prosecuted openly, in which case the 
accusing brother shall prepare, and after due notice to the ac- 
cused of the time of presentation, present a written duplicate of 



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the charges and specifications in substantial compliance with 
"Form A," as follows: 

(Form A). 

CHARGES AND SPECIFICATIONS. 

To Lodge No K. of P.: 

The undersigned, a member in good standing of 

Lodge, No ,does hereby charge Brother A. B., of 

Lodge No , with violation of the 

laws and principles of the Order, the grounds of such charge 
being more fully set forth in the following specifications, to 
wit: 

1. For that he, the said A. B., did on the day of 

190, , at (specify the of- 
fense and circumstances, and continue with further specifica- 
tions; each separate violation of law to be a specification), con- 
trary to the laws and usages of the Order. 
Dated 

(Signed) B. B. 

Signing the same as "Prosecutor," which shall be entered 
of record by the Keeper of Records and Seal, and one copy, duly 
certified under seal of the lodge, shall be sent to the accused or 
his counsel, due notice having been given the. accused. 

(b) Prosecutions may be instituted privately by giving 
written notice of the offense, with a list of witnesses, to the 
Chancellor Commander. The Chancellor Commander shall forth- 
with privately refer a copy of such notice and list of witnesses, 
concealing the name of the informant, to an investigating com- 
mittee of three, who shall proceed without delay to determine 
whether there is just ground for presenting the charges. The 
committee shall report in writing, and, in case the same is in 
favor of the accused, the report shall be substantially as in- 
dicated by "Form B," as follows: 

(Form B). 

To the Chancellor Commander of .....Lodge, No.. 

K. of P.: 

Your committee would respectfully report that it has fully 
investigated the complaint against Brother , 



GRAND CONSTITUTION AND GRAND STATUTES 85 

and is of the opinion that justice does not require the prefer- 
ring of charges. 

Date 



Chairman of Investigating Committee. 



Such report in the discretion of the Chancellor Commander, 
or at the request of the accused, may be spread upon the min- 
utes of the lodge. If the committee be of the opinion that the 
charges shall be preferred, it shall report substantially as in- 
dicated by "Form C," as follows: 

(Form C). 

To Lodge, No K. of P. : 

Your committee would respectfully report that, after due 
investigation, it is of the opinion that charges should be pre- 
ferred against Brother , and accordingly 

the following charges and specifications are herewith submit- 
ted: 

Your committee does hereby charge Brother A. B., 

of Lodge, No , with viola- 
tion of the law and principles of the Order; the grounds of 
such charge being fully set forth in the following specifica- 
tions, to wit: 

1. For that he, the said A. B., did on the day of 

190 . . , at (specify the of- 
fense and circumstances, and continue with further specifica- 
tions; each separate violation of law to be a specification), con- 
trary to the laws and usages of the Order, 

Date 



Chairman of Investigating Committee. 



Such report, together with charges and specifications, signed 
by the Chairman, shall be presented at an early regular conven- 
tion of the lodge, after due notice to the accused, and the 
charges and specifications shall be entered or recorded by the 
Keeper of Records and Seal. 

246. Due notice. One week's notice in writing shall be 
deemed "due notice" under this code, and all such notices 



86 GEAND LODGE KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS 

should be encorsed, showing the manner of service. Such no- 
tice may be served in either of two ways: 

Paragraph 1. If the accused can be found within the county 
in which the lodge is situated, service must be made by deliv- 
ering to him a true copy of the notice. 

Par. 2. If the accused cannot be found within the county, 
then service may be made by mailing a copy thereof by regis- 
tered letter addressed to his last known postofRce address. 

247. Notices Must Be Endorsed. The endorsement on no- 
tices shall be substantially in one of the two ways indicated 
in "Form D," as follows: 

(Form D). 
I hereby certify, on my Knightly honor, that I served a true 

copy of the within notice upon Brother on 

the day of , by giving the same to him 

personally. 

(Signed) 

Or, 

I hereby certify, on my Knightly honor, that I served the 

within notice upon Brother on the 

day of by mailing a copy to him, postage 

paid, by registered letter, addressed to his last known post- 
ofRce addresss, as follows : , the said 

brother not being found in the city of 

(Signed) 

248. Prosecutor. The Chairman of the Investigating Com- 
mittee, or the Knight preferring charges openly, shall be known 
as Prosecutor. 

249. Service Upon Accused. The Keeper of Records and 
Seal shall affix the seal of the lodge to a copy of the charges 
and specifications, and certify to it substantially according to 
the following "Form E," and serve or cause the same to be 
served upon the accused. 

(Form B). 

NOTICE OF CHARGE TO THE ACCUSED. 

(Date) , 190.... 

Brother I herewith enclose a copy 

of charge and specifications preferred against you by 



GRAND CONSTITUTION AND GRAND STATUTES 87 

of Lodge. The same was re- 
ferred to a committee consisting of (Give 

names). You are hereby required to file your answer to said 
charges and specifications, according to the form prescribed, 
within one week from the service of this notice, with the un- 
dersigned, who will notify you of the time and place of trial. 
Fraternally, 

(Seal). 

Keeper of Records and Seal. 

250. Time to Answer. The accused shall, within one week 
from the service of notice and copy of the charges and speci- 
fications upon him, file his plea or answer to the same with 
the Keeper of Records and Seal, according to the following 
"Form F," and such answer or plea may be by either one or 
more answers shown therein: 

(Form F). 

I, A. B., mentioned in the charge and specifications pre- 
ferred on the day of 190 . . , say : 

1. That the offense in the charge mentioned is not within 
the legal jurisdiction of the lodge. 

2. That I am not guilty. 

3. Guilty. 

4. I admit the facts stated, but will justify the alleged 
offense. 

5. The complaint is frivolous. 
Or any other proper plea. 



251. Trial. The lodge at the next convention after answer, 
or at such other time as may be fixed, shall proceed with the 
trial or investigation of the case, and after a full hearing of all 
the testimony, shall proceed to vote on the charge or charges 
preferred. If such charge or charges be sustained in whole or 
in part by a vote of two-thirds of the members present, the 
accused member shall retire to the ante-room. The Keeper of 
Records and Seal shall then read to the lodge the charge or 
charges, or part or parts thereof which have been sustained, 
when the Chancellor Commander shall, without motion, proceed 
to put to vote the highest order of punishment (expulsion), and 
if lost, he shall proceed until some order of punishment known 
to the laws is agreed upon by a vote of two-thirds of the mem- 



88 GEAND LODGE KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS 

bers present. A lodge having found a member guilty, must 
fix some order of punishment recognized by the 'laws of the 
Order; and to this end, and if the vote shall have been taken' 
on all the forms of punishment without the requisite votes in 
favor of either, the Chancellor Commander shall commence 
again with the highest order of punishment, and if need be 
go through again, and so continue until some order of punish- 
ment be affixed; provided, that where more than one member is 
under charge for the same offense, they shall not be permitted 
to vote upon the said charges or the degree of punishment to 
be inflicted upon the other of the said members. 

252. Time Fixed. If the lodge determine upon suspension, 
a motion may be made to fix the time, and two amendments may 
be offered thereto, which shall be decided without debate. The 
Chancellor Commander, upon receiving said motion, shall put 
same to vote, commencing with the longest period of time there- 
in named; if neither be agreed to, a second motion may be 
made, and two amendments thereto, which shall be put to vote 
in like manner, and the lodge shall so proceed until some order 
of time for suspension is fixed. 

253. Fine — Amount Determined. If the lodge shall decide 
to punish by fine, the same course shall be adopted in deter- 
mining the amount thereof as above provided in fixing the 
time of suspension, and in either case of determining the amount 
of fine or fixing the time of suspension, a majority of the mem- 
bers shall decide. 

254. Decision — How Communicated. When the lodge has 
determined upon the order of punishment, and in case of sus- 
pension or fine fixed the time or amount thereof, the accused 
shall be called in and the decision communicated to him by 
the Chancellor Commander. 

255. Suspension for Contempt. If the accused shall evade 
the service of a citation, or after receiving the same shall ne- 
glect or refuse to attend the lodge at the time therein fixed 
and remain throughout the investigation or trial of his case, or is 
not represented by a member of the Order as his attorney, 
the lodge may proceed in his absence to suspend him for con- 
tempt; provided, that if such absence should have been pro- 
duced by unavoidable circumstances, or injustice be otherwise 



GRAND CONSTITUTION AND GRAND STATUTES 89 

done thereby, said member shall be entitled to a rehearing of 
his case; and shall at all stages of the proceedings have every 
opportunity afforded him of vindicating himself against said 
accusation. 

256. Reprimand — How Administered. Whenever the lodge 
shall decide upon a reprimand, such reprimand shall be admin- 
istered in open lodge by the Chancellor Commander, or some 
Past Chancellor appointed by him for that purpose. 

257. Charge Voted Upon. Every specification of a charge 
legally brought before a lodge must be inquired into by tes- 
timony adduced on the hearing of the case; and every such 
specification that in itself imports a direct offense against the 
rules and laws of the Order must be voted upon and sustained 
or dismissed by the lodge. When charges or parts of charges 
are sustained, or a plea of guilty entered, the lodge must fix an 
order of punishment to every such finding or plea. 

258. Penalty — How Imposed on Plea of Guilty. If a mem- 
ber acknowledges his guilt upon charges preferred, the penalty 
may be imposed without trial. The lodge shall hear testimony 
upon a plea of guilty, as well to determine the extent of the 
offense, as to ascertain the mitigating circumstances. 

259. Votes — How Taken. All votes taken under the pro- 
vision of this Chapter shall be with ball ballots. 

260. Suspension — How Terminated. A lodge may, upon the 
discovery of new evidence, mitigating circumstances, or in 
any case of excessive punishment, when a member is sus- 
pended for a definite period, terminate the same; provided two- 
thirds of the members present shall vote in favor of such ter- 
mination, after one week's previous notice thereof having been 
given the lodge. 

261. Restoration of Rights. A member whose suspension 
shall be so terminated shall be restored to all his rights and 
privileges as a member, without other action, but shall not 
be entitled to any claims originating during his suspension. 

262. No Dismissal After Charges Are Reported. A cause 
cannot be dismissed after a committee, appointed to investigate 
a complaint against a member, has reported a charge, and the 
Keeper of Records and Seal ordered to notify the offending 
member to appear for trial. 



90 GRAND LODGE KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS 

263. No Person Not a Member Shall Be Present at the Trial. 
No person not a member of the Order, except as hereinafter 
provided, shall be present during the trial; provided, that either 
party may call witnesses who are not members of the Order, 
and who shall be sworn before the officers authorized by law 
to administer oaths, and may be represented by counsel who 
are members of other lodges of the Order. 

264. Records of Trial. The Keeper of Records and Seal 
shall keep a full and complete record of all the proceedings 
and of all the evidence introduced at the trial, including the 
oral testimony, if any, introduced by either party. 

265. Amendments. Charges and specifications, answers 
and all other pleadings and papers in the case may be amended 
at any time before the close of the trial. 

266. Adjournment. After commencement of proceedings 
and oefore any evidence is introduced, by a majority vote, the 
trial may be adjourned from time to time, and witnesses prev- 
iously summoned shall be required to appear at the adjourned 
convention without further citation under the same penalties 
as in the first instance. 

267. Record. The records of the lodge shall show: 

1. The date and place of each convention and the parties 
present or m.eans taken to notify them to be present. 

2. Exceptions taken by either party and the decision there- 
on. 

3. Parol evidence in full subscribed by the witnesses, un- 
less signature be waived by the parties. 

4. All documentary evidence marked exhibits. 

268. Record of Judgment — Other Proceedings. The deci- 
sions only of the lodge shall be entered in the lodge minutes 
by the Keeper of Records and Seal. The other proceedings 
shall be entered in a record kept therefor. Any member of the 
Order shall be entitled to make a copy of any and all records 
or procedings of any trial at their own expense. 

269. Chancellor Commander Shall Announce Judgment. 
The Chancellor Commander or presiding officer shall announce 
the judgment of the lodge. It shall then be the duty of the lodge 



GRAND CONSTITUTION AND GRAND STATUTES 91 

and its officers to enforce, and of the member to obey, submit 
to, and observe the same. It shall be the duty of the accused 
to be present and to submit to and obey the judgment of the 
lodge as declared, until the same is reversed or modified by the 
proper authorities; provided, if the accused shall be found 
guilty, and the punishment fixed be reprimand, the lodge shall, 
upon the request of the accused, grant ten days in which to per- 
pect an appeal, which in that case, when perfected, shall act 
as a supersedeas. 

270. Service on Counsel. At all trials herein provided for, 
service of any of the notices upon counsel shall be equivalent 
to service of notice upon the party. 

271. Charges — How Preferred. Any member of a lodge 
desiring to prefer a charge against a member of another lodge, 
must present the same through his own lodge to the lodge of 
which the accused is a member. The charge shall be attested 
by the Keeper of Records and Seal, under seal of the lodge in 
which presented and shall be sent or delivered to the lodge of 
which the accused is a member. 

272. Lodge Must Proceed Without Delay. It shall be the 
duty of the lodge of which such accused is a member to proceed 
without delay, and conduct the case substantially as in this 
Code provided; and the member preferring the charge, or the 
lodge in which the charge was originally presented, shall have 
the privilege of being represented at the trial by counsel. 

273. Appeal. A prosecutor, the accused or any other mem- 
ber may appeal from the decision of the lodge to the Grand 
Tribunal within thirty days from the date the same is announced 
by the Chancellor Commander. The lodge shall transmit to the 
Recorder of the Grand Tribunal a copy of the proceedings, regu- 
larly certified, upon receiving the costs of mailing and charges 
for copying the same, which shall not exceed fifteen cents per fo- 
lio of one hundred words, from the party appealing; provided, in 
case of inability of party appealing to furnish required copy of 
proceedings, upon satisfactory showing the Grand Tribunal may 
order original record or transcript of same. 

274. Complete Record. The Keeper of Records and Seal 
of the lodge, in making up the record for appeal, shall make 



92 GKAND LODGE KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS 

copies of all charges, pleas, notices, evidence, and etc., and 
substantially observe the following "Form G": 

(Form G). - 

I, , Keeper of Records and Seal, 

of Lodge, do hereby certify that the following is 

a true and complete copy of all reports, minutes, reports of com- 
mittees, evidence and papers filed with me, pertaining to or re- 
lating to ihe case of Lodge versus Brother 

, or Brother .Prosecutor, verr 

sus Brother , accused (as the case may 

be). 

(Then copy the report of each committee, the action of 
Chancellor Commander, and Vice-Chancellor, and the full report 
of the trial with all proceedings, and conclude the record as 
follows) : 

In testimony that the foregoing is a complete record of all 

matters pertaining to the case of versus 

, I hereunto set my hand and at- 
tach the seal of said lodge, this day of , 

at.... 



(Seal) Keeper of Records and Seal. 

275. Evidence. The evidence competent to be admitted 
before the lodge shall be: 

1. Parol evidence. 

2. Depositions. 

3. Regularly certified minutes of lodge. 

4. Regularly proved documentary evidence. Hearsay evi- 
dence shall not be received. Nor shall ex parte statements 
or affidavits be considered. 

276. Lodge to Determine the Admissibility. The lodge 
will determine the admissibility of evidence offered, subject 
to exception by either party; the exceptions so taken shall be 
noted by the lodge upon its record. 

277. IViembers Shall Testify Under Their Obligation. Mem- 
bers of the Order shall testify under their obligation as Knights, 



GRAND COJiTSTITUTION AND GRAND STATUTES 93 

to be administered by the Prelate, and according to the follow- 
ing ''Form H": 

(Form H). 

DECLARATION OF WITNESS. 

You sincerely declare, upon your honor as a Knight, that 

the evidence you shall give in the matter against 

, now pending, shall be the truth, the 

whole truth, and nothing but the truth. This you declare on 
your honor as a Knight. 



(Signature). 

278. Stenographer. In taking oral testimony a stenogra- 
pher may be employed by the parties, by agreement, or by either 
party, who may be sworn by an officer competent to administer 
oaths, or obligated upon honor by the Prelate of the lodge, as 
the case may be, to truly take and transcribe the same, in all 
cases; provided, that in cases pertaining to, or involving the 
Ritualistic or secret work of the Order only a stenographer 
who is a member of the Order shall be employed. 

279. Depositions. Depositions of absent witnesses shall be 
procured by interrogatories and cross-interrogatories, subject 
to objection by either party, to be determined by the lodge. 

280. Conviction in Higher Tribunal Conclusive Evidence. 
In all trials the record, or certified copy thereof, of a conviction 
had in the Supreme or Grand Tribunal, or Grand Lodge, shall 
when the offense charged was also an offense against the Sub- 
ordinate Lodge, be competent evidence and shall be conclusive 
of the guilt of the accused. And the record, or certified copy 
thereof, of conviction of the same offense in any court of the 
land, shall be competent but not conclusive evidence. 

281. Depositions — How Taken. Whenever a lodge, or a 
member thereof, prosecuting or defending a charge, or any 
person authorized to introduce testimony of a witness, whose 
personal presence cannot be had before the tribunal trying the 
charge, his deposition may be taken in the following manner: 

Paragraph 1. The party desiring to take the deposition 
shall file with the Keeper of Records and Seal of the lodge 
of which the accused is a member, in duplicate, the interroga- 



94 GRAND LODGE KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS 

tories he wishes* to propound to the witnesses naming them. The 
Keeper of Records and Seal of such lodge shall immediately 
deliver or cause to be delivered, to the opposite party, a copy 
of the interrogatories; the latter party, within one week from 
such service, may file counter interrogatories with the said 
Keeper of Records and Seal. 

Par. 2. At the expiration of the week or sooner, if coun- 
ter-interrogatories have been filed, the Keeper of Records and 
Seal shall forthwith forward them to the Chancellor Commander 
of a lodge near the witness, with a request to take the deposi- 
tion of the witness or witnesses named, or to have the same 
taken by some competent member of the Order. If the wit- 
ness is not a member of the Order, then said deposition shall 
be taken before some one competent to administer an oath, re- 
quiring that every interrogatory be propounded to the witness, 
and the answer to each be reduced to writing in the presence 
of the witness, and when the deposition is completed, causi 
the witness to sign the same. The officer or member taking 
the deposition shall also be required to certify to the same hav- 
ing been duly taken, verifying such certificate by the signa- 
tures of the Chancellor Commander or Keeper of Records and 
Seal and seal of the lodge. A deposition thus taken and cer- 
tified may be read in evidence in the cause to which it re- 
lates. 

Par. 3. It is the duty of the Chancellor Commander of any 
lodge in this Domain to whom such request to take a deposition 
may come, to perform the labor promptly, and return same at 
once to the lodge making the request. 

282. Citation. A citation to appear as a witness, stating 
the time and place of trial, when issued by either the prose- 
cutor, accused, or their attorneys, and signed by the Keeper 
of Records and Seal, shall be binding upon any meraber in 
this Domain after due service upon him; and failure to appear 
at the time and place specified shall subject the member so 
cited to proceedings for contempt; provided he has been paid 
or tendered a sum sufficient to pay his actual expenses; un- 
less excused by the vote of a majority of the lodge. Such cita- 
tion shall be considered as legally served when directed to 
the last known address of the member cited, and mailed, post- 
age prepaid, by registered letter, at least twenty-four hours 



GRAND CONSTITUTION AND GRAND STATUTES 95 

before the time set for trial; provided, that citations addressed 
to members residing outside of the limits of the town or city 
where the trial is held, must be so mailed at least forty-eight 
hours previous to the time set for trial. 

283. Member Refusing to Give Evidence Shall be Reported 
to His Lodge. Any member of the Order refusing or neglecting 
to give evidence or produce documentary evidence in his pos- 
sesoion, upon the application of the party requiring his testi- 
mony, shall then be required by the lodge to give such evi- 
dence, and if he still refuses to give or produce such evi- 
dence, he shall be reported to his lodge, which lodge shall take 
action as it may deem necessary to compel the production of 
the evidence required. 

TITLE Vi. 
CHAPTER I. 

CHONERAI. RHl-lKK C0:M.M1'I TEK. 

284. May Be Organized in All Cities Having two or more 
Lodges. At the election of officers in December, annually, in 
all cities and towns where there are two or more lodges, each 
lodge may select one member to serve as a General Relief 
Committee of the Knights of Pythias. The members of such 
committee shall organize with a chairman, secretary and treas- 
urer, and shall have full power to adopt rules of order and by- 
laws for the purpose of facilitating its operations. 

285. Duties. It shall be the duty of this committee to ex- 
tend such relief as may be deemed expedient to transient broth- 
ers who may make application, or to brothers who may be 
sent to it from a lodge that is represented on the committee. 

286. Applicants Required to Show They Are Entitled to Re- 
lief. All applicants shall be required to prove to the satisfac- 
tion of the committee that they are entitled to care and relief. 
The secretary shall notify the lodge of which the brother is a 
member, of the amount of relief granted. 

287. May Request Assessment Upon Lodges. For the pur- 
pose of supplying the necessary funds for carrying into opera- 
tion the objects and duties of this committee, it may from time 
to time request a pro rata assessment upon the several lodges 



96 GRAND LODGE KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS 

represented; provided, that no assessment shall be levied if the 
committee has one hundred dollars on hand available for relief. 

288. Shall Keep Minutes. The General Relief Committee 
shall keep accurate minutes of their transactions, and shall 
make semi-annual reports to the several lodges represented, 
and shall, at the last meeting of each term, deliver to their 
successors all books, papers, and moneys, belonging to the com- 
mittee. 

CHAPTER II.- 

CONSOLIDATION OF LODGES. 

289. Two or more Subordinate Lodges within this Domain 
may consolidate under the charter or warrant of either of them, 
or under a new warrant or charter; provided that no Subordin- 
ate Lodge shall be consolidated with another, except by formal 
vote of such lodges, and after at least two weeks' notice ot the 
proposed action has been given to every member thereof; pro- 
vided also, that no Subordinate Lodge shall be consolidated with 
another so long as seven members thereof shall vote against 
such consolidation; and provided further, that all members of 
Subordinate Lodges consolidated, and all persons holding un- 
revoked withdrawal cards issued by, or under suspension of 
such lodges, shall hold the same relation to the consolidated 
lodge as they held to their respective lodges at the date of 
such consolidation. 

290. When two or more Subordinate Lodges in this Domain 
shall have determined to consolidate under the provisions of 
the preceding section, a joint committee composed of one or 
more members of each of such lodges shall prepare and submit 
to each of said lodges for ratification, articles of consolidation; 
said articles to contain the following information: 

1. The proposition submitted to, and approved by each of 
said lodges. 

2. The name and number, which shall be the number of one 
of said lodges of said consolidated lodge. 

3. A list of the names of all the members of the proposed 
consolidated lodge. 

4. The names of the officers chosen for said consolidated 
lodge. 



GRAND CONSTITUTION AND GKAND STATUTES 97 

Said articles shall be presented in writing, in duplicate, and 
signed by all members of said joint committee, and when 
ratified by the several lodges shall be certified under seal by 
the Chancellor Commander and Keeper of Records and Seal 
of each of said lodges and forwarded to the Grand Chancellor 
for his approval. If approved by the Grand Chancellor, he 
shall direct the Grand Keeper of Records and Seal to notify 
in writing each of said lodges that an order for the proposed 
consolidation will issue as prayed for in said articles upon the 
surrender of Rituals and officers' jewels, except one set of each, 
the warrant or charter of all said lodges, except the one whose 
name and number are retained, and a fee of ten dollars; pro- 
vided, that if a new name has been chosen the warrants or 
charters of all said lodges shall be surrendered. On receipt 
by the Grand Keeper of Records and Seal of the above men- 
tioned Rituals, jewels, warrants or charters, and fee, the Grand 
Keeper of Records and Seal shall immediately forward to the 
Keeper of Records and Seal of the consolidated lodge the arti- 
cles of consolidation with the order of the Grand Chancellor 
endorsed thereon; the remaining copy to be in like manner en- 
dorsed with said order and filed in the office of the Grand 
Keeper of Records and Seal. Such paraphernalia, Rituals and 
jewels as are not selected for use by the new lodge shall be 
securely boxed and shipped at the expense of the new lodge 
to the Grand Keeper of Records and Seal, to be held in trust by 
him until such time as sold, when deducting such expense as may 
be incurred, the proceeds of said sale shall be transferred to the 
general fund of the new lodge. 

If the name of the lodge has been changed, a new warrant 
or charter shall be issued at once. 

If the lodges fail to agree on a name or number the same 
shall be designated by the Grand Keeper of Records and Seal. 

CHAPTER III. 

SUPREME LAWS. 

291. Supreme Constitution and Supreme Statutes in Lodge 
Room. Each Subordinate Lodge shall procure and keep in the 
lodge room at least one copy of Supreme and Grand Constitu- 
tion and Supreme and Grand Statutes, together with all amend- 
ments thereto and decisions of Supreme Tribunal which shall be 
kept by the Keeper of Records and Seal. 



98 GRAND LODGE KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS 

CHAPTER IV. 

DEFINING THE FISCAL YEAR. 

292. Twelve Months, From August 1 to July 31, Ensuing. 
The term "fiscal year," wherever used in these Statutes, shall 
be held to mean the period of twelve calendar months begin- 
ning August 1 of each calendar year and ending July 31 of the 
succeeding calendar year. 

293. These Statutes shall take effect immediately upon the 
adjournment of this Grand Lodge. 



DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES 

Pythian Knighthood had its conception in the exemplifica- 
tion of the life test of true friendship existing between Damon 
and Pythias. 

Friendship, or mutual confidence, being the strongest bond 
of union between man and man, and only existing where honor 
has an abiding place, is adopted as a foundation principle. 

As the ideal Knight of olden time was the personification of 
all the higher and nobler attributes of man's nature, the candi- 
date for Knighthood has to prove himself worthy of acceptance 
by those who value friendship, bravery, honor, justice and loyalty. 

The Order of Knights of Pythias — founded in Friendship, 
Charity and Benevolence, which it proclaims as its cardinal prin- 
ciples — strives to gather into one mighty fraternity worthy men 
who appreciate the true meaning of friendship; who are cautious 
in word and act; who love truth; who are brave indef ending 
right; whose honor is untarnished; whose sense of justice will 
prevent, to the best of their ability, a personal act or word injuri- 
ous to the worthy; whose loyalty to principle, to family, to 
friends, to their country and to the constituted authority under 
which they enjoy citizenship is undoubted; and who, at all times, 
are prepared to do unto others as they would that otners should 
do unto them. 



APPENDIX 



EXTRACTS FROM SUPREME CONSTITUTION AND SU- 
PREME STATUTES, RELATING TO SUBORDINATE 
LODGES. 

SUPREME CONSTITUTION. 

ARTICLE I.— THE SUPREME LAW. 

Section 1. The Rituals of the Order, the Supreme Consti- 
tution and the laws enacted by the Supreme Lodge in accordance 
therewith shall be the Supreme law of the Order of the Knights 
of Pythias. 

ARTICLE II.— COMPOSITION OF THE ORDER. 

Section 1. The Order of Knights of Pythias is and shall 
be a secret fraternal organization, composed of persons upon 
whom any rank of the Order shall have been legally con- 
ferred. 

ARTICLE XL— SUBORDINATE LODGES. 

Section 1. A Subordinate Lodge shall be instituted only as 
may be provided by Supreme Law, and shall exist only by 
virtue of a warrant or charter issued in accordance therewith; 
it shall consist of not less than ten members, seven of whom 
shall constitute a quorum; it shall have and exercise subordin- 
ate Pythian authority and control over such territory as may 
be prescribed by law, subject to the laws established by the 
Supreme Government and by its Grand Lodge. Two or more 
Suborindate Lodges may be given concurrent territorial jurisdic- 
tion when located in the same city or town or other contiguous 
territory. 

Sec. 2. The Ritualistic officers of a Subordinate Lodge 
shall be as designated in the Subordinate Lodge Ritual. They 



102 GRAND LODGE KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS 

shall be nominated, elected and installed, and vacancies in of- 
fice shall be filled, as provided by Supreme Law. The oflBcial 
terms of such oflicers shall continue for twelve months from 
January 1 in each year, or until their successors are elected 
and installed ; provided, that, in Domains in which Grand Lodges 
so enact, such terms shall continue for six months from Jan- 
uary 1 and July 1 in each year. 

Sec. 3. A Subordinate Lodge may elect or appoint such trus- 
tee or other non-ritualistic officers as may be authorized by 
its Grand Lodge. 

Sec. 4. Bach Subordinate Lodge shall display its warrant 
or charter in the lodge room whenever in session. 

Sec. 5. No meeting for the transaction of business or work 
shall be held, and no excursion or entertainment shall be had, 
by a Subordinate Lodge on the first day of the week, commonly 
called Sunday. 

Sec. 6. The ranks of knighthood shall be attained and 
conferred only in accordance with the requirement of the Su- 
preme Law. The conditions of eligibility to such ranks shall be 
uniform, and shall be fixed by the Supreme Statutes; provided, 
always, that no person shall be initiated into the order unless 
he be a white male, of good moral character, twenty-one years 
of age and a believer in a Supreme Being; and provided, further, 
that the fees for the ranks of knighthood shall not be less than 
ten dollars in the currency of the United States of America, 
or its equivalent in the currency of the country in which the 
lodge is located. 

Sec. 7. Membership in a Subordinate Lodge may be attained 
only as provided by the Supreme Law. Every person claim- 
ing the rights, benefits and privileges of the Order must be a 
member of a Subordinate Lodge. 

Sec. 8. Each Subordinate Lodge shall provide for and pay, 
upon the death of a member thereof in good standing, a funeral 
benefit of not less than twenty dollars. 

(See also Sections 803, 304, 305 and 306 Supreme Statutes). 

Sec. 9. The warrant or charter of a Subordinate Lodge 
shall not be arrested, suspended, revoked or restored, except in the 
manner prescribed by Supreme Law. 



SUPREME STATUTES 



TITLE I. 
CHAPTER XVI. 

JEWELS THEIR SALE AND USE. 

114. Subordinate Lodge jewels shall be of tbe following 
design: A frame of silver or other white metal, which shall 
be, for a Past Chancellor's jewel, a pentagon, three-eig-hths of 
an inch in width, with a vertical diameter of two inches and a 
horizontal diameter of one and seven-eighths inches, the apex 
upward; for a Chancellor Commander's jewel, a double triangle, 
three-eighths of an inch in width, with a vertical diameter of two 
and one-fourth inches and a horizontal diameter of one and 
seven-eighths inches; for all others, an eciuilateral triangle, three-eighths 
of an inch in width and measuring two andone-h^urth inches from point 
to point, the apex downward. 

Upon this frame shall be placed appropriate emblems indic- 
ative of the rank, honor or station of the wearer, as follows: 

Past Chancellor — The escutcheon of the Order in gold or 
other yellow metal. 

Chancellor Commander — Two swords and a lance (in silver 
or other white metal), crossed, surmounted by the escutcheon 
of the Order in gold or other yellow metal. 

Vice-Chancellor — A vertical lance (in silver or other white 
metal), surmounted by the escutcheon of the order in gold or 
other yellow metal. 

Prelate — A circle in silver or other white metal, on which 
shall be placed the open book of law in gold or other yellow 
metal. 

Master of the Work — Fasces and a torch in silver or other 
white metal, crossed. 



104 GRAND LODGE KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS 

Keeper of Records and Seal — Crossed pens in silver or other 
white metal. 

Master of Finance — A pen and a key in silver or other 
white metal, crossed. 

Master of Exchequer — Crossed keys in silver or other white 
metal. 

Master at Arms — A sword, a lance and a battle ax in silver 
or other white metal; the butts touching and the ends extending 
outward. 

Inner Guard — Two crossed swords in silver or other white 
metal. 

Outer Guard — One sword, in silver or other white metal, 
placed vertically. 

Knight — An oval, surrounded by the letters F. C. B; on 
the upper half of the oval, the words "Knights of Pythias;" 
on the lower half, the escutcheon of the order, bearing the 
words, "Esto perpetua" — all in gold or other yellow metal. 

117. During conventions of lodges, Subordinate, Grand or 
Supreme, each occupant of an official station shall wear the 
jewel pertaining to such station. During conventions of a Sub- 
ordinate Lodge, each Page shall wear a blue collar, each Esquire 
shall wear a yellow collar, and every other person, not occupying 
an official station, shall wear the jewel of the highest rank or 
honor which he has attained, or of some lower rank or honor; 
except that a Deputy Supreme Chancellor or a Deputy Grand 
Chancellor, when making an official visit, may wear the jewel 
pertaining to that position. 

118. The jewels of the Order shall not be worn outside of 
the Castle hall, except during Pythian parades, funerals or other 
Pythian ceremonies of a pubUc character. 

TITLE IV 

CHAPTER I. 

INSTITUTION OF SUBORDINATE LODGES. 

221. When a petition for a Subordinate Lodge within the 
Domain of a Grand Lodge shall have been granted and a war- 
rant issued therefor the Grand Chancellor shall designate the 



GRAND CONSTITUTION AND GRAND STATUTES 105 

time and place at which said Subordinate Lodge shall be insti- 
tuted, and shall cause the Grand Keeper of Records and Seal 
officially to notify the petitioners that, at that time and place, 
such Subordinate Lodge will be instituted. At the time and 
place designated in the notice, the Grand Chancellor or his 
duly authorized deputy, a^ the case may be, having examined the 
hall and satisfied himself that it is adapted for conferring the 
ranks, shall call a meeting of the petitioners to order, and, in 
case of a deputy, shall read his commission as instituting of- 
ficer. He shall also read the petition for the institution of the 
lodge, call the list of names upon said petition, and satisfy 
himself of the identity of each person answering such roll 
call. 

223. The instituting officer shall then collect from all of the 
petitioners, who are not already members of the Order, the fees 
for the three ranks, which shall not be less than ten dollars 
in the currency of the United States of America, or its equiva- 
lent in the currency of the country in which the lodge is located; 
provided, that a member of the Order holding a withdrawal 
card may be admitted as a charter member of said lodge upon 
payment of a fee of not more than one dollar. 

In effect October 17, 1902. 

224. He will then require the applicants to vote by secret 
ball ballot on each name on the list, beginning with the last. 
He may, however, at his descretion allow a single ballot to be 
taken for the entire list, having previously notified the applicants 
that if two black balls (or one black ball, if the local law re- 
quires only that number to reject) shall appear on the general 
ballot, a separate ballot will be required on each name. If the 
general ballot be "fair," he shall declare all the applicants 
elected. If two black balls (or one, as above) appear, he will 
then require a separate ballot as above directed. Should any 
be rejected, he shall return the fees paid by such rejected per- 



225. The instituting officer will then exclude from the hall 
all who are not in possession of the S. A. P. W., and proceed 
to confer the ranks of knighthood upon the several petitioners 
who have been elected thereto. 



106 GRAND LODGE KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS 

226. In comferring the ranks, precedence shall be given to 
those of the petitioners who at a preliminary meeting may have 
been selected as the first officers of the lodge. 

227. When the ranks of knighthood shall have been con- 
ferred upon at least those of the petitioners who may have been 
previously chosen as ofiicers, the instituting ofiicer may pro- 
ceed to hold the election of officers for said Subordinate Lodge 
for the current term. 

228. The bonds of the bonded officers having been approved 
by vote of the petitioners, the instituting officer shall install 
the officers elected and those subsequently appointed. 

229. The instituting officer shall then officially declare the 
lodge duly instituted, and deliver to the Chancellor Commander 
the warrant therefor. 

230. The instituting officer shall then pay over to the Mas- 
ter of Exchequer of the lodge the entire amount received as rank 
fees from the petitioners, taking a receipt therefor. 

231. As soon as practicable after the institution of the lodge 
the instituting oflEicer shall forward to the Grand Keeper of Rec- 
ords and Seal, a report showing: 

(1) The name, number and location of the lodge, together 
with a list of its ofiicers and the date of its institution. 

(2) The number of petitioners for the institution of the 
lodge, and the number on whom the ranks were conferred. 

(3) A list of the names of the applicants rejected on ballot. 

CHAPTER II. 

TO TROVIDE FOR THE NOMINATION, ELECTION AND INSTALLATION OF 

THE OFFICERS OF SUBORDINATE LODGES, AND FOR 

FILLING VACANCIES. 

232. The words "office" and "officer," as used in this chap- 
ter, shall apply to such offices and officers as are designated in 
the Ritual for Subordinate Lodges, and to no others. 

233. Any Knight in good standing in a Subordinate Lodge 
shall be eligible to any office in the lodge of which he is a mem- 
ber- but no member shall hold two offices in a Subordinate Lodge 



GRAND CONSTITUTION AND GRAND STATUTES 107 

simultaneously; provided, that a lodge may by by-law prescribe 
that the duties of Master of Finance shall be performed by the 
Keeper of Records and Seal. 

Enacted 1900. 

234. Nominations of candidates for elective office of a Sub- 
ordinate Lodge may be made at any time prior to the balloting 
for such candidates. 

235. All elective officers of a Subordinate Lodge shall be 
separately elected by majority vote upon written ballot. 

237. Except as herein provided, all officers of a Subordinate 
Lodge shall be installed at the first stated convention of the term 
for which they are to serve; provided that all requirements of the 
Grand Lodge relative thereto have been complied with, and pro- 
vided also that no such officer shall be installed unless he be in 
good standing and has fully paid to his lodge all dues and claims 
of whatsoever nature then accrued. If any officer-elect shall be 
disqualified for installation, or shall be absent at the time desig- 
nated for installation, the installing officer, unless such absence 
"be excused by formal vote of the lodge, shall declare a vacancy in 
the office, which vacancy shall at once be filled by election. No 
officer shall assume the duties of his office until he has been 
regularly installed. Any officer-elect who may be absent from 
the regular installation, and whose absence shall be excused by 
his lodge, may be installed at a subsequent convention, at the 
convenience of the lodge and of the installing officer. Should 
the installation for any cause not be held at the convention herein 
designated, then it shall take place at the earliest convention 
thereafter which the convenience of the lodge and of the install- 
ing officer will allow, but in such case the Keeper of Records and 
Seal shall notify all officers-elect to be present at such convention. 
All installations of the officers of a Subordinate Lodge shall be by 
authority of the Supreme Lodge or of its Grand Lodge, and shall 
be conducted by the Supreme Chancellor or the Grand Chancel- 
lor, or by a deputy duly commissioned therefor by such authority, 
and only in the manner and form prescribed by the Supreme 
Lodge in the installation service established for Subordinate 
Lodges. 

Enacted 1896. 



108 GBAND LODGE KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS 

238. Vacancies in office, by whatsoever cause produced, shall 
be filled in the manner of the original selection, and such officers 
shall be installed at the earliest convenience of the lodge and of 
the installing officer. Officers so chosen and installed shall hold 
office for the remainder of the official term, and shall upon the 
installation of their successors, or upon installation as their own 
successors, and not otherwise, be deemed to have served the full 
term, and in the case of the Chancellor Commander shall be en> 
titled to the honor of Past Chancellor. 

CHAPTER III. 

TO REGULATE THE ATTAINMENT OF THE RANKS OF KNIGHTHOOD. 

239. The condition of eligibility to apply for the Ranks of 
Knighthood, and the manner in which such ranks, or any of them, 
may be attained, shall be as prescribed in this chapter, and not 
otherwise. 

240. An applicant for the Ranks of Knighthood must possess 
the following qualifications: 

Paragraph 1. He must be a white male. 

Par. 2. He must be of good moral character. 

Par. 3. He must be not less than twenty-one and not more 
than fifty years of age, except that a person more than fifty years 
bf age may become eligible by dispensation. 

Par. 4. He must be a believer in a Supreme Being. 

Par. 5. He must be in good health and sound in mind and 
body, except that a maimed person may become eligible by dis- 
pensation. 

Par. 6. He must be able to read and write. 

Par. 7. He must not be engaged in either of the occupations 
known as professional gambler, saloonkeeper, bartender, or retail 
dealer in spirituous liquors, wine, ale or beer (except as a bona 
fide hotel keeper or druggist). 

Par. 8. He must believe in the maintenance of order and the 
upholding of constituted authority in the government in which 
he lives. 



GRAND COXSTITUTION AND GRAND STATUTES 109 

Par. 9. He must not have been rejected by any Subordinate 
Lodge as an applicant for the Ranks of Knighthood within the 
six months preceding his application. 

241. Any person eligible under the provisions of the preced- 
ing section may make application for the Ranks of Knighthood 
to any Subordinate Lodge within w^hose territorial jurisdiction he 
has his actual residence; provided that he shall have resided with. 
in the Domain for the preceding six months, and provided further, 
that, if the Subordinate Lodge to which he makes application, be 
not within the Domain of a Grand Lodge, he shall have resided for 
the preceding six months within the state, territory, district or 
province in which such Subordinate Lodge is located. 

242. Paragraph 1. If a person desires to apply to a Subor- 
dinate Lodge other than the one in whose territorial jurisdiction 
he resides, but in the same Grand Domain, then his application 
must be accompanied by the permission of a lodge within whose 
territorial jurisdiction he has his residence. 

Par. 2. If a person desires to apply to a Subordinate Lodge 
in a Grand Domain other than the one in which he resides, or to a 
Subordinate Lodge not within a Grand Domain, then his applica- 
tion must be accompanied by the permission of the Grand Chan- 
cellor of the Grand Domain within which he resides. 

243. The application shall state -the age, race, residence and 
occupation of the applicant, and shall aver that he is in all re- 
spects eligible to admission under the provisions of the Supreme 
Law, and shall be in form as follows: 

To Lodge, No , Knights of Pythias of 

I respectfully apply for the Ranks of Knighthood and for 
membership in your lodge and in the Order of Knights of Pythias. 
I declare upon honor that I am a white male; that I am of good 

moral character; that I was years of age on the 

day of last past; that I am a believer in a Supreme 

Being; that I am in good health and sound in mind and body; that 
I am able to read and write; that I am not engaged in either of 
the occupations known as professional gambler, saloonkeeper, 
bartender or retail dealer in spirituous liquors, wine, ale or beer 
(except as a bona fide hotel keeper or druggist) ; that I believe 
in the maintenance of order and the upholding of constituted au- 



110 GKAND LODGE KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS 

thority in the government in which I live; and that I have not 
been rejected as an applicant for the Ranks of Knighthood within 
the six months preceding the date of this application. 

I have been an actual and bona fide resident of this state 
(territory, district, province) continuously during the past six 
months. 

My occupation is ; place of business : 

postofRce address ; residence 



If this application be granted, I promise a full and faithful 
observance of all the laws that may govern your lodge and the 
Order. 

I have carefully read the law as printed on the back hereof. 

The fee of $ accompanies this application. 

Written and signed by my own hand, this day of 

19.... 

[Signed] 

On the back of this application shall be printed the section of 
this Chapter prescribing the qualifications of membership. 
Enacted 1896. 

244. Such application shall be signed in the applicant's own 
handwriting, and endorsed by two members of the lodge in good 
standing, who have attained the Rank of Knight, and must be ac- 
companied by the prescribed fee. If the lodge so require, such 
application must be accompanied by the certificate of a physician, 
approved by the lodge, as to the health of the applicant. Except 
as provided in this and the preceding sections, no application for 
the Ranks of Knighthood shall be received or considered by a 
lodge of the Order. 

245. Such application may be received at any stated conven- 
tion of the lodge, and shall be referred to an investigating com- 
mittee of three members who have attained the Rank of Knight, 
neither of whom shall have recommended the applicant. The 
committee shall take measures as they may deem needful, or as 
may be directed by law, to ascertain the qualifications and fitness 
of the applicant for the Ranks of Knighthood, and shall report to 
the lodge at a subsequent stated convention, except as otherwise 
authorized by dispensation, with recommendation for the accept- 
ance or rej-ection of the applicant. 



GKAND CONSTITUTION AND GRAJSTD STATUTES 111 

246. Upon the report of the Investigating Committee, wheth- 
er favorable or otherwise, such application shall be balloted upon 
by secret ball ballot. Should all the ballots cast be white, or not 
more than one of them be a black ball, the applicant shall be 
declared elected to receive all the Ranks of Knighthood; but 
should three or more -black balls appear, he shall be declared 
rejected. In case only two black balls appear upon the first bal- 
lot, the ballot must be renewed immediately, and if upon the 
second ballot all the ballots cast be white, or not more than one 
black ball appear, the applicant shall be declared elected to re- 
ceive all the Ranks of Knighthood; but if two or more black balls 
appear upon the second ballot, the applicant shall be declared 
rejected. Cubes shall be deemed to be black balls within the 
meaning of this section. 

247. When a ballot, either 'for membership by initiation, by 
card or for reinstatement, is about to be taken, the Chancellor 
Commander shall say: "Master at Arms, you will prepare the 
ballot box." When prepared, the Master at Arm's will present 
the ballot box to the Chancellor Commander for his inspection. 
When satisfied with the condition of the box, the Chancello;' 
Commander shall deposit his ballot. The Chancellor Commander 
shall then say: "Master at Arms, you will deposit the ballot box 
on the altar." The Chancellor Commander shall then say: 

"Brothers, the ballot is for the election or rejection of 

who is an applicant for membership by initiation 

[or, "by card," or, "by reinstatement," as the case may be]. 
White balls elect and black balls reject. You will proceed to 
vote without giving any sign or salutation." At the proper time, 
the Chancellor Commander shall say: "Have all the members 
voted?" and, hearing no response, he will add: 'The ballot is 
closed," and to the Master at Arms the Chancellor Commander 
will say: "You will collect the ballot." The Master at Arms 
will then carry the ballot box to the Vice Chancellor, who will 
inspect the ballot, and, if seven or more balls are found in the 
box, announce: "Chancellor Commander, the ballot is a legal 
one"; but if less than seven balls are found in the box, he will 
announce: "Chancellor Commander, the ballot is not a legal 
one." In either case, the ballot box shall be carried by the Mas- 
ter at Arms to the Chancellor Commander, who, after inspecting 
it, shall announce: "The ballot is a legal one, and I officially 
declare duly elected to membership in this 



112 GKAND LODGE KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS 

lodge by initiation" [or, "by card," or, "by reinstatement," as the 
case may be, or, "rejected," as the case may be] ; or in case the 
ballot be not a legal one, "Less than seven balls appearing, the 
ballot is not a legal one, and is therefore void. Master at Arms, 
you will prepare the ballot box and [having inspected it] place it 
on the altar. All members present are required to vote. You 
will proceed to do so." 

In effect October 18, 1902. 

248. If, after the election of an applicant to receive the 
Ranks of Knighthood, and before either of such Ranks has been 
conferred upon him, two or more members of the lodge shall file 
with the Chancellor Commander written objections to his admis- 
sion, the Chancellor Commander, without disclosing the names of 
the objectors, shall announce such objections in open lodge, and 
such announcement shall be entered upon the records of the 
lodge, whereupon the initiation of the candidate shall be stayed. 
Should the objections be withdrawn by the members filing them, 
within thirty days thereafter, then such withdrawal shall be 
entered upon the records of the lodge, and the stay of initiation 
shall be vacated, whereupon the candidate may receive the Ranks 
of Knighthood as if no objections had been filed. If the objec- 
tions be not so withdrawn, they shall operate as black balls, and 
at the first meeting after the expiration of such thirty days the 
Chancellor Commander shall declare the applicant rejected. If 
similar objection to the advancement of a member who has not 
attained the Rank of Esquire or Knight be filed, the Chancellor 
Commander shall make like announcement, which shall be enter- 
ed upon the records of the lodge and the advancement of the 
member shall be stayed. If the objections be withdrawn by the 
members filing them, within thirty-days thereafter, then such 
withdrawal shall be entered upon the records of the lodge, and 
the stay of advancement shall be vacated, whereupon the mem- 
ber shall receive the Ranks of Knighthood not already attained 
as if no objections had been filed. If the objections be not so 
withdrawn, then after the expiration of such thirty days, a secret 
ball ballot shall be taken in the manner provided in sections 246 
and 247 of this Chapter, when, if the result be favorable, the 
member may be advanced as if no objections had been filed; but 
if the result of such ballot be unfavorable, all fees paid by the 
member for ranks not already attained by him shall be at once 



GRAND CONSTITUTION AND GRAND STATUTES 113 

returned, and his advancement shall be permanently stayed; 
provided, that after six months from the date of such permanent 
stay, the member, if in good standing in the lodge, may apply for 
advancement, accompanying his application with the amount of 
the fee then required by law, and such application shall be sub- 
ject to investigation and ballot as provided in Sees. 245 and 246 of 
this Chapter, when, if the result be favorable, the permanent stay 
shall be vacated and the member shall receive the Ranks of 
Knighthood not already attained as if no objections had been 
filed; but, if the ballot be unfavorable, the Chancellor Commander 
shall declare the member rejected for advancement, and no other 
application for advancement shall be received from such member 
until the expiration of six months from the date of such rejection. 

249. No ballot upon an application for the Ranks of Knight- 
hood shall at an3^ time be reconsidered nor renewed, except as 
provided in Sections 246 and 248 of this Chapter. 

250. If an application for the Ranks of Knighthood be reject- 
ed, all fees received from the applicant for ranks shall be at once 
returned to him. 

251. No application shall be withdrawn, except by consent 
of the lodge, given by the vote of a majority of the members 
present, nor at all after the report of the investigating committee 
has been read to the lodge. No discussion of the result of a 
ballot or of the merits or demerits of a candidate shall be per- 
mitted at any time after such ballot, either in the lodge or out of 
it; nor shall any member of the Order disclose, directly or indi- 
rectly, either the report of the Investigating Committee or the 
character of any vote supposed to have been cast upon such 
ballot. 

252. A Subordinate Lodge may confer the Ranks of Esquire 
and Knight, or either of them, upon a member of the Order who 
has attained the Rank of Page or Esquire in another lodge, upon 
the request of such other lodge under seal. The Subordinate 
Lodge which shall have conferred a rank in accordance with this 
section shall immediately notify the lodge which preferred the 
request therefor, of the date upon which such rank was con- 
ferred. Upon receipt of such notice, record thereof shall be 
made upon the book of the lodge receiving it. 



114 GRAND LODGE KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS 

253. One week must elapse between the conferring of any 
two ranks upon the same person, except at the first four conven- 
tions of a new lodge, and except as otherwise permitted by 
dispensation. 

253a. The Chancellor Commander, at the time the rank of 
page shall have been conferred upon a candidate, shall appoint 
a committee consisting of three members of the lodge to instruct 
the candidate in the secret work of the rank already conferred 
upon him, and it shall be the duty of the committee to instruct 
and prepare the candidate for the examination provided for in 
Section 253b, following. Such committee shall serve until the 
candidate shall have attained the rank of Knight. 

253b. Every member of the Order in the Page or Esquire 
rank, prior to being advanced to a higher rank, shall pass a 
satisfactory examination in open lodge in the unwritten work ot 
the rank or ranks already taken, such examination to be con- 
ducted by the chairman of the committee of three appointed by 
the Chancellor Commander as provided for in Section 253a. 

In effect October 17, 1902. 

254. No rank shall be conferred until the fee therefor has 
been paid, and no portion of such fee shall be refunded, donated 
or returned, directly or indirectly, except as provided in this 
Chapter. 

255. A Subordinate Lodge shall not ballot upon an applica- 
tion for the Ranks of Knighthood at the same convention at 
which it was received, except upon written dispensation therefor. 

256. The Chancellor Commander at his pleasure may call 
any Knight to the chair to assist in conferring any v^ank of 
Knighthood; or, by consent of the lodge, he may assign the work 
to a team organized or drilled for such work, a part or all of 
whom may be members of other lodges; provided that the lodge 
shall remain under the control of its Chancellor Commander or 
one of its officers legally qualified to preside; but the S. A. P. W. 
must be communicated only by the Chancellor Commander or (in 
his absence) by the Vice Chancellor of the lodge. 



GRAND CONSTITUTION AND GRAND STATUTES 115 

CHAPTER IV. 

TO REGULATE AND CONTROL THE IMPOSITION AND PAYMENT OF 
DUES, ASSESSMENTS AND FINES. 

258. All dues shall begin from the date of initiation as Page, 
or of affiliation by transfer card, withdrawal card, Grand Lodge 
card or Supreme Lodge card. Different rates of dues may be 
required from members of the different ranks of Knighthood, as 
each Subordinate Lodge may enact, but the payment of dues 
shall not be required before the end of the stated periods for 
which they are payable, except that, if a member receive a 
transfer card, lie shall be charged with dues to the first of the 
month succeeding the date of the issue of such transfer card; or, 
if he apply for a withdrawal card, he shall be charged with dues 
pro rata up to the date of the granting of such card. 

In effect October 19, 1902. 

259. A member shall be in arrears when his dues at the end 
of a period for which the same are payable, remain unpaid at 
midnight of the last day of such period. A Subordinate Lodge 
may collect dues in advance, but a member shall not be deemed 
in arrears or deprived of benefits or of the S. A. P. W. because 
of failure to make such payment in advance. 

260. Subordinate Lodges shall, subject to the Supreme Law 
and the legislation of their respective Grand Lodges, provide for 
the prompt collection of the dues of their members. 

261. Subordinate Lodges may, subject to the Supreme Law 
and the legislation of their respective Grand Lodges, provide for 
the imposition of fines and assessments upon their members, 
which fines and assessments shall become due and payable upon 
the next succeeding date for the payment of dues, and their non- 
payment at such date shall thereupon render the member in ar- 
rears and subject to all the provisions of this Chapter; provided 
that fines and assessments imposed within one month preceding 
the end of a stated period for which dues are payable shall not 
become due and payable until the next succeeding date for the 
payment of dues. 

262. When a member shall have become in arrears for dues, 
fines and assessments equal to the amount of one year's dues. 



116 GBAND LODGE KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS 

the Master of Finance of his lodge shall forthwith notify him, 
by mail to his address as shown upon the books of the lodge, 
that he is so in arrears, and that, if such arrearages are not paid 
within thirty days after the date of such notice, he will be sus- 
pended from the lodge and from the Order.- The Master of 
Finance shall receive any payments which may be tendered to 
him in response to such notice, at any time prior to action of 
the lodge, thereon, provided the amount so tendered shall at 
least equal three months' dues. If, at a convention of the lodge 
held after the expiration of the time specified in such notice, 
the member so notified shall not have made payment of ar- 
rearages as hereinbefore provided, the Master of Finance shall 
notify the lodge to that effect and that the notice required by 
this action has been sent. The account of the member shall 
thereupon be read, when, if objection be made thereto the ques- 
tion whether or not the member is in arrears for an amount 
equal to one year's dues, shall be submitted to vote of the lodge 
and if the lodge shall vote that the member is so in arrears, 
the Chancellor Commander shall thereupon declare him sus- 
pended from the lodge and from the Order, and such suspension 
shall be entered upon the records of the lodge; but such declara- 
tion by the Chancellor Commander shall in no case be made 
unless the notice herein required shall have been sent, nor un- 
less the lodge shall previously determine by formal vote that 
the member is in arrears for an amount equal to one year's 
dues, which facts must be made of record upon the books of the 
lodge; provided that the member shall not be so declared sus- 
pended if at the time he be under charges. 

263. A member who shall be suspended under the pro- 
visions of this Chapter shall be known as a suspended member, 
and shall have no claim upon the Order nor upon any lodge 
thereof, nor upon any member of the Order, for any Pythian 
right, benefit or privilege whatsoever, until after he shall have 
been reinstated as provided by law. He shall not be chargeable 
with dues, fines or assessments during the period of his suspen- 
sion. 

264. If any such suspended member shall commit an of- 
fense against the Order, charges may be preferred against him 
either in the lodge by which he was suspended, or in any lodge 
within whose territorial jurisdiction the offense was committed; 



GRAND CONSTITUTION AND GRAND STATUTES 117 

whereupon the person so charged shall be summoned before such 
lodge, and trial shall be had in the manner provided by law for 
offenders who are members of the Order. If he shall be con- 
victed of the offense charged, the trial lodge shall thereupon 
declare the offender expelled from the Order, and if such lodge 
be other than that by which he was suspended, notice of its 
action shall be at once given that lodge through the Keeper of 
Records and Seal. 

CHAPTER V. 

GOOD STANDING IN SUBORDINATE LODGE. 

265. A Page, Esquire or Knight shall be considered to be 
in good standing in the Subordinate Lodge of which he is a 
member: 

Paragraph 1. If he is not under suspension from mem- 
bership for the non-payment of arrearages or for other causes. 

Par. 2. If he has not renounced the Order. 
CHAPTER VI. 

TRANSFER CARDS. 

268. Any member in good standing in a Subordinate Lodge, 
who may desire to change his membership to another lodge, 
may make application in writing over his own signature for a 
transfer card. Such application shall be accompanied by the 
fee fixed by law for a transfer card and the amount of his d'i?«5, 
fines and assesments accrued, and dues in advance to the first 
of the month succeeding the presentation of such application to 
the lodge. 

Enacted 1896. 

269. An application for a transfer card shall be read in open 
lodge, and a record of such fact made upon the minutes of the 
lodge, and the further consideration of the matter shall be post- 
poned until the next regular convention of the lodge, at which 
time, if no charges are pending against the applicant, and he be 
in good standing in the lodge, the Chancellor Commander shall 
order the transfer card to be issued without any vote of the 



118 GRAND LODGE KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS 

lodge. When the issue of such card has been ordered by the 
Chancellor Commander, the Keeper of Records and Seal shall 
forthwith prepare the same and cause it to be duly signed by the 
Chancellor Commander and attested by himself, and shall de- 
liver it to the member requesting it, either in person or by mail 
to his address as it appears on the books of the lodge. 

270. The transfer card shall certify to the Rank of Knight- 
hood which he may have attained and to his good standing in the 
lodge of issue. Such transfer card shall be in form as fol- 
lows: 

Transfer Card. 

(Seal of Supreme Lodge.) Issued by the (Seal of Grand Lodge.) 

Supreme Lodge, Knights of Pythias, 

Through the Grand Lodge of 

Castle Hall of Lodge, No. . . , at Grand Do- 
main of 

To any lodge of the Order of Knights of Pythias to which 
this card m.ay be presented: 

It is hereby certified that , whose proper 

signature is written in the margin hereof, is a member of the 
Rank of , in good standing in this lodge. 

Should this lodge receive notice from you that within ninety 
days from this date, the holder of this card has been elected a 
member of your lodge, his membership in this lodge will be 
deemed to have ceased upon such election; otherwise, this 
transfer card shall be null and void. 

In witness whereof, we have hereunto affixed our signa- 
tures and the seal of the lodge, this day of 

19.., P. P 



(Seal of Subordinate Lodge.) Chancellor Commander. 



Keeper of Records and Seal. 

Sections 271, 272, 273 and 274 of this Chapter shall be printed 
on the back of the transfer card, which shall also contain a 
coupon for notification to the lodge of issuance. 

Enacted 1896. 



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GRAND CONSTITUTION AND GRAND STATUTES 119 

271. The holder of a transfer card may apply, subject to the 
provisions of Title IV, Chapter III, Sections 240, 241 and 242, 
Supreme Statutes (except paragraph 7 of Section 240, whfch 
shall not apply to applicants for membership by deposit of trans- 
fer card), to any lodge of the Order, for membership in such 
lodge; and he shall attach such transfer card to his application, 
and accompany the same with the application fee prescribed 
by law, together with an official receipt showing the payment to 
the lodge issuing the card of all dues, fines and assessments 
to the first of the month succeeding the date of the issue of such 
transfer card; provided, that if, under the provisions of said 
Chapter III, the permission of the lodge of issue to make appli- 
cation is required, then such transfer card shall be deemed and 
taken as such permission; and provided, further, that the holder 
of such transfer card, making such application, shall not be re- 
quired to state therein that he has been a resident for six 
months of the domain in which such application is made, as is. 
required by Section 243 of the Supreme Statutes. 

In effect August 19, 1902. 

272. An application for membership by deposit of transfer 
card shall be subject to the investigation and ballot provided 
in Title IV, Chapter III, Sections 245 and 246, Supreme Statutes. 
If the applicant be elected, his membership in the lodge of issue 
of such transfer card shall thereupon cease and determine and 
his membership in the lodge to which his application is made 
shall begin. The Keeper of Records and Seal of the lodge of 
deposit shall at once address and forward by mail the coupon 
notice of such election to the lodge issuing the transfer card. 
Upon receipt of such notice by the lodge of issue, it shall be 
read in open lodge, and record thereof shall be made by the 
Keeper of Records and Seal and Master of Finance upon the 
books of the lodge. If the application be rejected, the transfer 
card shall be filed in the lodge in which it is deposited, and no 
similar application by that applicant shall be considered by that 
lodge for ninety days thereafter. 

Enacted 1896. 

273. The rights of a holder of a transfer card as an ofiicer 
in the lodge of issue, or as Grand Representative from such 
lodge, shall not be impaired by reason of the issue or deposit 



120 GRAND LODGE KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS 

Of such transfer card until his election to membership in the 
lodge in which it is deposited, but thereupon any such right shall 
finally cease and determine. If the lodge of deposit of a transfer 
card be within the same Domain as the lodge of issue, the rights 
of the holder thereof as an officer in his Grand Lodge, or as 
Supreme Representative from such Grand Lodge, shall not be af- 
fected or impaired by the issue or deposit of such transfer card; 
but if the lodge of deposit of a transfer card be not within the 
same Domain as the lodge of issue, then all such rights of the 
holder of such transfer card shall cease and determine upon his 
election to membership in the lodge of deposit. The rights of a 
holder of a transfer card as an officer of the Supreme Lodge 
shall at no time be affected or impaired by the issue or de- 
posit of such transfer card. 

Enacted 1896. 

274. A Subordinate Lodge, subject to the legislation of 
its Grand Lodge, may establish the fee to accompany an appli- 
cation for affiliation by the deposit of a transfer card and for the 
issue of such cards. The fee for the issuance of a transfer card 
shall be one dollar. 

Enacted 1898. 

CHAPTER VII. 

TO TROVIDE FOR AND REGULATE THE ISSUE AND USE OF WITH- 
DRAWAL CARDS, GRAND LODGE CARDS, AND SU- 
PREME LODGE CARDS. 

276. Any member of the order who is not indebted to his 
lodge, and is not under charges, may apply to his lodge in writ- 
ing over his own signature for a withdrawal card. 

277. Such application shall be read in open lodge, where- 
upon the Chancellor Commander shall enquire whether objection 
exists to the issue of such card, and if no objection be made, 
he shall, except as provided in Section 286 of this Chapter, at 
once order its issue, without formal vote of the lodge thereon. 
If objection be made, the Chancellor Commander shall at once 
require the objection to be formulated in writing as charges 
against the applicant for the card, which charges shall take 
the course provided by law, unless the application be with- 



GKAND CONSTITUTION AND GRAND STATUTES 121 

drawn; and if upon final hearing the defendant be convicted, the 
application shall be denied and no further application from 
him for such card shall be received or considered until the pen- 
alty following such conviction shall have been fully discharged. 
If the applicant be acquitted, the Chancellor Commander shall, 
except as provided in Section 286 of this Statute, thereupon 
order that the card be issued, unless the applicant shall have 
withdrawn, in writing, his request therefor. In any case where 
the Chancellor Commander shall order the issue of a withdrawal 
card, he shall endorse his order upon the application for the 
card, with the ^ate thereof, and the card shall be at once pre- 
pared and attested by the Keeper of Records and Seal and signed 
by the Chancellor Commander, and delivered immediately to the 
applicant therefor, either in person or by mail to his address 
as shown on the books of the lodge. 

278. A member of a Subordinate Lodge which shall have 
become defunct may make application for a Grand Lodge card 
to the Grand Chancellor of the Grand Lodge in whose Domain 
said defunct lodge was situated, accompanying his application 
with satisfactory proof of his good standing in his Subordinate 
Lodge when the same became defunct, together with the fee 
for the card; whereupon the Grand Chancellor shall endorse his 
order upon the application, directing the Grand Keeper of Rec- 
ords and Seal to issue to the applicant a Grand Lodge card. 

279. A member of a Subordinate Lodge which shall have 
become defunct, who is under suspension for non-payment of 
dues, may make application for a Grand Lodge card to the 
Grand Chancellor of the Grand Lodge in whose Domain said 
defunct lodge was situated, accompanying his application with 
the fee for the card and the amount of one year's dues as re- 
quired by his lodge at the date of his suspension; whereupon 
the Grand Chancellor shall endorse his order upon the appli- 
cation, and shall cause a Grand Lodge card to be issued and 
delivered to the applicant, as provided in the preceding sec- 
tion. 

282. Upon the order of a Chancellor Commander for the 
issue of a withdrawal card, or of a Grand Chancellor for the 
issue of a Grand Lodge card, or of the Supreme Chancellor for 
the issue of a Supreme Lodge card, the applicant therefor shall 
be known as an ex-member of the Order, and the membership of 



122 GRAND LODGE KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS 

such applicant in his lodge and in the Order shall cease and de- 
termine, except as hereinafter provided, and any official position 
held by him shall thereupon become vacant; but honors pre- 
viously attained by him shall be retained. He shall have no 
claim upon the order or upon any lodge thereof for any Pythian 
privilege or benefit whatsoever. 

283. If an ex-member, as defined in the preceding section, 
shall commit an offense against the Order which, if committed 
by a member of the Order, would subject the offender to the 
penalties prescribed for such offenses, then and in that case, 
such ex-member may be proceeded against as if he were a mem- 
ber of the Order, and upon conviction of the offense as charged, 
the withdrawal card held by such ex-member shall stand re- 
voked and annulled, and the holder of such card shall there- 
upon be perpetually prohibited from regaining membership in 
any lodge of the Order. 

284. Sliould the holder of a withdrawal card, a Grand Lodge 
card or a Supreme Lodge card desire at any time to become 
affiliated with any Subordinate Lodge, he must make appli- 
cation to such lodge in the manner provided in Title IV, Chapter 
III, Supreme Statutes, and attach his card to such application. 
All the provisions of said statute shall apply to such application, 
except that in case of rejection the card shall be returned to 
the applicant, and except, also, that in such case the application 
may be renewed to the same or (subject to the provisions of 
said Chapter) to a different Subordinate Lodge, after one month 
from the date of such rejection. If the applicant be elected, it shall 
be the duty of the Keeper of Records and Seal of such lodge 
at once to notify the lodge of issue thereof, and the membership 
of the applicant shall date from such election. 

^85. Should any such card be lost or destroyed, the holder 
thereof may apply in writing to the source of issue for a dupli- 
cate, which, upon satisfactory proof of such loss and upon pay- 
ment of the fee therefor shall at once be issued and delivered 
to him. If a card has been mutilated or defaced, the holder 
may surrender such card to the source of issue, and upon his 
request and payment of the fee therefor, a duplicate shall be 
issued and delivered to him. There shall be written or printed 
in red ink, across the face of any card issued under the pro- 
visions of this section, the word "duplicate." 



GEAND CONSTITUTION AND GRAND STATUTES 123 

286. No Subordinate Lodge shall issue a card to a Past 
Chancellor, a Past Grand Chancellor or a Past Supreme Chan- 
cellor who may be under charges in his Grand Lodge or the 
Supreme Lodge; and should such card be so issued, it shall 
not be pleaded in bar of the proceedings under the charges, nor 
of the findings upon the same. 

287. The form of withdrawal card specified in this Chapter 
shall be as follows: 

Withdrawal Card. 

(Seal of Supreme Lodge.) (Seal of Grand Lodge.) 

The Supreme Lodge, Knights of Pythias, 

Through the Grand Lodge of authorizes 

Lodge No , of , in said 

Grand Domain, to issue this withdrawal card to 

(whose proper signature is written in the margin hereof), who 

has attained the Rank of , and, at his own 

request, has received this card of honorable withdrawal there- 
from. 

Membership in the order by the holder hereof terminated 
upon the granting of this card. 

In witness whereof, we have hereunto affixed our signatures, 

and the seal of the lodge, this day of 19. ., 

P. P 



(Seal of Subordinate Lodge.) Chancellor Commander. 



Keeper of Records and Seal. 

Note. — This card will remain in force until revoked or de- 
posited (unless otherwise ordered by Ithe Supreme Lodge), 
and the holder shall be subject to all laws and regulations re- 
lating thereto, as established by the Supreme Lodge. It cannot 
be used as a visiting credential nor as evidence of the attain- 
ment of any honor or rank other than the Ranks of Knighthood. 
Such honor or other rank must be evidenced by a separate cre- 
dential therefor. 



124 GRAND LODGE KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS 

CHAPTER VIII. 

REINSTATEMENT FOR NON-FAYMENT OF DUES. 

293. A former member of the Order who was suspended 
from membership in his Subordinate Lodge and in the Order 
for non-payment of arrearages, who desires to be restored to 
such membership, may mal^e application therefor to the Sub- 
ordinate Lodge by which he was so suspended. Such application 
shall be accompanied by such sum as the by-laws of such lodge 
may prescribe for reinstatement, which amount shall not be 
more than the amount of membership fee in said lodge at the 
time of said application. 

Enacted 1900. 

294. Such application shall be read in open lodge, at a 
stated convention thereof, and referred to an Investigating Com- 
mittee of three, as in the case of an application for the Ranks 
of Knighthood, and no further action shall be taken on such 
application by the lodge for one week, and until the report of 
the Investigating Committee shall have been made to the lodge. 

295. Upon the report of the Investigating Committee, and 
subject to the restrictions of the preceding section, such applica- 
tion shall be balloted upon by secret ball ballot, as in the case 
of an application for the Ranks of Knighthood, except that, 
if two-thirds of all the balls deposited upon such ballot be 
white, the applicant shall be declared reinstated; but should 
more than one-third of the balls deposited be black, the ballot 
shall be renewed immediately. Should two-thirds or more of the 
balls deposited on the second ballot be white, the applicant shall 
be declared reinstated; but should more than one-third of the 
balls be black, the applicant for reinstatement shall be declared 
rejected, and no further application for the reinstatement of the 
applicant so rejected shall be received by the lodge for the 
period of six months after the date of such rejection. Cubes 
shall be deemed to be black balls within the meaning of this 
section. 

296. A member of the Order, who has been reinstated to 
membership as hereinbefore provided, shall not be chargeable 
with any dues accrued during the period of his suspension, nor 
with any assessments imposed during such period. 



GRAND CONSTITUTION AND GRAND STATUTES 125 

CHAPTER IX. 

TO DEFINE THE STATUS OF ME]y[BERS OF THE ORDER UNDER SUSPEN- 
SION FOR ANY CAUSE OTHER THAN NON-PAYMENT OF ARREAR- 
AGES, THE CONTROL THAT MAY BE EXERCISED OVER SUCH 
MEMBERS, AND THE METHODS BY WHICH 
THEY MAY REGAIN ME:MBERSHIP. 

297. The penalty of suspension from the Order for of- 
fenses against it may be either: 

Paragraph 1. For a term fixed by the lodge at the time of 
suspension, which shall be known as "definite suspension;" or, 

Par. 2. At the pleasure of the lodge, which shall be known 
as "indefinite suspension." 

298. A person who may be under suspension, either "defin- 
ite" or "indefinite," shall have no claim upon the order, nor upon 
any lodge or member thereof, for any Pythian right, privilege 
or benefit whatsoever, until after his suspension shall have been 
terminated as provided by law. He shall not be chargeable with 
dues, fines or assessments during the period of his suspension. 

299. If any such suspended member shall commit an offense 
against the Order, charges may be preferred against him, either 
in the lodge by which he was suspended, or in any lodge within 
whose territorial jurisdiction the offense was committed; where- 
upon the person so charged shall be summoned before such 
lodge, and trial shall be had in the manner provided by law 
for offenders who are members of the order. If he shall be 
convicted of the offense charged, the trial lodge shall there- 
upon declare the offender expelled from the Order; and if such 
lodge be other than that by which he was suspended, notice 
of its action shall be at once given to that lodge through its 
Keeper of Records and Seal. 

300. A person under "definite" suspension shall, at the 
expiration of the term of such suspension, become and be re- 
instated to the standing held by him at the date of his sus- 
pension, without formal vote or action of the lodge, and shall 
thereupon be subject to all the obligations and entitled to all 
the rights pertaining to such standing. 

301. If a person who is under suspension, either "definite" 
or "indefinite." shall desire reinstatement prior to the expiration 



126 GRAND LODGE KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS 

of such suspension, he may petition the Grand Chancellor of the 
Grand Domain in which the lodge by which he was suspended 
is located, for permission to apply to such lodge for reinstate- 
ment. He shall accompany such petition with a full statement of 
facts upon which he relies to justify his application, and by 
proof that he has notified the lodge of his intention to make 
such petition. If such petition be granted by the Grand Chan- 
cellor, the petitioner may thereupon make application to the 
lodge by which he was suspended, for immediate reinstate- 
ment, and such lodge may, after hearing, grant the application 
for reinstatement, or may reduce the term of suspension; pro- 
vided at least that one week's notice has been given to every 
member of such lodge of the meeting at which action thereon will 
be taken, and provided also that not less than two-thirds of the 
members present at such meeting, and entitled to vote, shall 
vote in favor thereof. 

302. When a lodge by whose action a person is under 
"indefinite" suspension, or under "definite" suspension, the term 
of which has not expired, has become defunct, and such person 
desires reinstatement in the order, he may petition the Grand 
Chancellor of the Grand Domain in which such defunct lodge 
was located, for permission to apply to any Subordinate Lodge 
within whose territorial jurisdiction he resides, for reinstatement 
to membership in the order; whereupon said Grand Chancellor 
shall make such investigation as he may deem advisable and 
necessary as to the propriety of granting the petition, and shall 
submit the petition, together with the resuls of his investigation, 
to his Grand Lodge at its next convention. Should the Grand 
Lodge grant the petition, the Grand Keeper of Records and Seal 
shall give the petitioner official printed or written notice thereof, 
in manner and form as follows: 

Grand Lodge of , K. P., 



, 19...., P. P 

To , formerly a member of 

Lodge, No (defunct), of this Grand Domain: 

Whereas, on or about the day of , 

19...., after due trial, you were, for cause, duly suspended for 
; and, whereas, after such suspension. 



GKAND CONSTITUTION AND GRAND STATUTES 127 

and before its termination said lodge became defunct, and so 
remains; and, whereas, you have, in accordance with the forms 
of law, filed with the Grand Chancellor of the Grand Lodge a 
petition for permission to apply for reinstatement to member- 
ship in the Order; and, whereas, after due hearing, this Grand 
Lodge has granted the prayer of said petition; now, therefore, 

this notice thereof is issued to you, the said , 

and shall have the same force as, and may be used in lieu of, 
a withdrawal card. 

In witness whereof, I have hereunto affixed my official signa- 
ture and the seal of this Grand Lodge, the day and year first 
above written. 



(Seal of Grand Lodge.) Grand Chancellor, 

Attest: 



Grand Keeper of Records and Seal. 



Such official notice shall have the same force as, and may be 
used in lieu of, a withdrawal card. If the lodge described in 
Sections 301 and 302 of this Chapter, was not within the Domain 
of a Grand Lodge, or if its warrant has been revoked, or if the 
Grand Lodge in whose Domain such lodge was located has be- 
come defunct, the petition herein referred to shall be made to the 
Supreme Chancellor, and shall be submitted by him to the Su- 
preme Lodge, for its action. If the petition be granted by the Su- 
preme Lodge, the Supreme Keeper of Records and Seal shall give 
to the petitioner official notice thereof in manner and form sim- 
ilar to that herein prescribed for official notice of the action of a 
Grand Lodge. 

CHAPTER X. 

KELATING TO TUNEKAL BENEFITS. 

303. Each Subordinate Lodge shall pay a funeral benefit 
of not less than twenty dollars in the currency of the United 
States of America, or its equivalent in the currency of the 
country in which the lodge is located, upon the death of a mem- 
ber thereof, of any rank, who was in good standing at the time 
of his death, said payment to be made as provided in the by-laws 
of the lodge. 



128 GRAND LODGE KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS 

304. A Subordinate Lodge which provides for the payment 
of a larger sum than the minimum amount fixed by the Supreme 
Law as a funeral benefit, may prescribe the person or persons 
to whom the amount in excess of said minimum amount shall be 
paid, or it may provide that the amount in excess of such mini- 
mum shall be expended under the direction of the lodge toward 
defraying the funeral expenses of the deceased member. To 
be entitled to the privileges conferred by this section, a Subordin- 
ate Lodge must take advantage thereof by the adoption of such 
provisions in its by-laws as will secure them. 

305. When a Subordinate Lodge provides in its by-laws 
that the amount of its funeral benefits in excess of the minimum 
amount fixed by the Supreme Law shall be applied toward the 
payment of funeral expenses, it shall be the sole judge as to 
what portion of said sum shall be expended for that purpose, and 
the rights of the party entitled under the by-law^s of a lodge to 
the twenty dollars minimum funeral benefit shall be held to 
have been satisfied whenever such minimum shall have been 
paid to such party. 

306. The suicide of a member shall not release his Sub- 
ordinate Lodge Irom the payment of the minimum amount of fu- 
neral benefit provided by the Supreme Law. 

CHAPTER XL 

IIEJ.ATING TO THE SELECTION OF A TRESIDING OFFICER OTHER TIFAN 
THE CHANCELLOR COMMANDER OR VICE-CHANCELLOR. 

307. The Chancellor Commander is the executive oflicer 
of a Subordinate Lodge, and in addition to his duties as such, 
it shall be his duty to preside at all the conventions of his 
lodge. In the event of his absence at the time fixed by law for 
calling a convention to order, or in case he is present at that 
time and fails or refuses to call the lodge to order within fifteen 
minutes of the time fixed by law for opening the lodge, and a 
quorum is present, the Vice Chancellor shall take the chair and 
perform, for the time being, the duties of Chancellor Commander. 
If both of these officers are absent, or are present and neglect 
or refuse to preside, the members present shall proceed to select, 
by vote, some one from among themselves to preside, voting first 
upon the Past Chancellors, and, in case of failure to secure a 



GRAND CONSTITUTION AND GRAND STATUTES 129 

presiding officer from among them, then upon those who have 
received the Rank of Knight. The person so selected to pre- 
side shall have, while in the chair, the same power to conduct 
the business of the lodge and to preside while the ranks are 
being conferred, tliat is devolved by the law upon a Chancellor 
Commander. 

CHAPTER XIII. 

RESORT TO CIVIL COI'RTS BY irElNIBERS. 

309. Members of the Order shall not resort to the civil 
courts of the land, for establishing rights and redressing griev- 
ances growing out of membership in the Order, until they shall 
have exhausted their remedies in the tribunals of the Order. 

CHAPTER XIV. 

Ri: EATING TO WARRANTS AND CHARTERS FOR SUBORDINATE LODGES 
WITHIN THE DOIMAIN OF A GRAND LODGE. 

313. No warrant or charter shall be granted to a Subordin- 
ate Lodge to be known by a name or title which is the name 
or title of a living person. 

318. No Subordinate Lodge shall surrender its warrant or 
charter so long as seven members shall vote against such sur- 
render, nor unless two weeks' notice in writing of the con- 
vention at which the proposed surrender is to be acted on shall 
have been given to every member of the lodge. 

319. Two or more Subordinate Lodges within the Domain 
of the same Grand Lodge may be consolidated under the warrant 
or charter of either of them, or under a new warrant or charter, 
on such terms and in such manner as may be determined by the 
Grand Lodge within whose Domain they are located, provided 
that no Subordinate Lodge shall be so consolidated with another, 
except by formal vote of such lodges, and after at least two 
weeks' notice of the proposed action has been given to every 
member thereof; provided also, that no Subordinate Lodge shall 
be consolidated with another so long as seven members thereof 
shall vote against such consolidation; and provided further, 
that all members of Subordinate Lodges consolidated, and all 



130 GEAXD LODGE KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS 

persons holding unrevoked withdrawal cards issued thereby, 
or under suspension of such lodges, shall hold the same relation 
to the consolidated lodge as they held to their respective lodges 
at the date of such consolidation. 

320. The warrant or charter of a Subordinate Lodge which 
shall be guilty of conduct disloyal or discreditable to the Order, 
or which shall neglect or refuse to conform to, observe or en- 
force the Supreme Law or any mandate of the Supreme Tribunal 
or of the Supreme Chancellor, or any law of its Grand Lodge, 
or any mandate of the Grand Chancellor thereof, or either of 
them, or the membership of which may diminish to less than 
ten members, may be suspended or revoked in the manner pro- 
vided by the laws of the Grand Lodge of the Grand Domain in 
which such Subordinate Lodge is located; provided, no such 
warrant or charter shall be suspended or revoked until the lodge 
shall have been duly notified of its alleged offense, and oppor- 
tunity given for answer and defense; nor shall any such warrant 
or charter be revoked except by formal vote of its Grand Lodge. 

321. The warrant or charter of a Subordinate Lodge, which 
has been surrendered or suspended in accordance with the pro- 
visions of this Chapter, may be restored to the members thereof 
who petition for such restoration, at the pleasure of the Grand 
Lodge within whose Domain it is located, or of the Grand Chan- 
cellor thereof; and in such case the members thereof and all per- 
sons holding unrevoked withdrawal cards from, or under sus- 
pension by, such Subordinate Lodge, shall hold the same re- 
lation to the reinstated lodge as they held thereto at the date of 
the surrender or suspension of its warrant or charter. 

322. A Warrant or Charter which has been revoked under 
the provisions of this Chapter may be restored by. the Grand 
Lodge to such of the members thereof as petition therefor. Such 
lodge, so organized, shall have jurisdiction or control only over 
the persons to whom such warrant or charter may have been 
restored, except as others may subsequently become members 
thereof in the manner provided by law. 



GRAND CONSTITUTION AND GRAND STATUTES 131 

CHAPTER XV. 

RELATING TO THE FEES THAT SHALL BE CHARGED FOR MEMBER- 

SHir IN A SUBORDINATE LODGE WITHIN THE 

DOMAIN OF A GRAND LODGE. 

323. Subject to provisions of this statute, and to the re- 
quirement of the Supreme Constitution that the total amount 
of the fee for the three Ranks shall not be less than ten dollars 
in the currency of the United States of America, or its equiva- 
lent in the currency of the country in which the lodge is located, 
a Grand Lodge may prescribe by law the amount of the fee that 
shall be charged by each of its Subordinate Lodges for the 
Ranks of Knighthood; provided, that at the institution of a new 
lodge, the amount of the prescribed fee for the three Ranks must 
be paid to the instituting officer before an applicant for the 
Ranks of Knighthood in such new lodge can be legally elected to 
receive them; and provided further that not less than one-third 
of the total amount of the fee prescribed for the Ranks of 
Knighthood must be paid into tie Exchequer of the existing 
lodge before an applicant for membership therein by initiation 
can be legally elected to receive the Ranks of Knighthood. 

324. The fee to be charged by a Subordinate Lodge for 
membership therein by the deposit of a transfer card shall be as 
prescribed by the Grand Lodge having jurisdiction. The affiil- 
iation fee must be paid into the exchequer of the lodge before 
an applicant for affiliation can be legally elected as a member. 

325. The fee to be charged by a Subordinate Lodge for 
membership therein by the deposit of a withdrawal card, Grand 
Lodge card, or Supreme Lodge card, shall be as prescribed by 
the Grand Lodge having jurisdiction. Such fee must be paid 
into the exchequer of the lodge before an applicant for recon- 
nection with the Order can be legally elected to membership. 

326. The fee to be charged by a Subordinate Lodge for 
reinstatement to membership therein of a member suspended for 
non-payment of arrearages shall be as prescribed by the Subord- 
inate Lodge from which he was suspended. The total amount of 
the reinstatement fee must be paid into the exchequer of the lodge 
before an applicant for reinstatement can be legally restored to 



182 GEAND LODGE KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS 

membership, which amount shall not be more than the amount 
of membership fee in said lodge at the time of said application. 

Enacted 1900. 

CHAPTER XVI. 

RELATING TO THE DISPOSAL OF FUNDS OF A SUBORDINATE LODGE 
WITHIN THE DOMAIN OF A GRAND LODGE. 

328. The receipts from fees and dues and the increments 
thereof shall constitute a trust fund for carrying out the fraternal 
and beneficial features of the Order, and shall not be expended 
for any other than those purposes and the payment of the nec- 
essary expenses of the lodge, as those purposes and expenses 
may be determined legislatively or judicially by the Grand Lodge 
having jurisdiction, which Grand Lodge shall also determine the 
vote that shall be necessary to make an expenditure from the 
fund, and the manner in which it may be invested, if at all. 
This fund shall not be subject to partition among the members 
of a lodge; and in case a lodge shall from any cause cease to 
exist, said fund shall revert to the Grand Lodge within whose 
Domain the lodge is located. 

329. The receipts from fines and assessments shall be 
carried to such fund or funds as the Grand Lodge having jurisdic- 
tion may direct, and shall be expended only in such manner, by 
such vote and for such purposes as said Grand Lodge may de- 
termine. 

330. The receipts from donations or bequests shall be 
carried to such fund or funds, or applied to such purpose or 
purposes, as the donors may direct; provided such direction 
is in conformity with the principles and purposes of the order; 
and provided further, that, should the donation or bequest be 
made without directions as to the purpose to which it shall 
be applied, such donation or bequest shall be carried to the 
trust fund. 

CHAPTER XXI. 

REINSTATEMENT OF EXPELLED ME]\rBERS. 

354-A. If a member who has been expelled shall desire 
reinstatement, he may petition the Grand Chancellor of the 
Grand Domain in which the lodge by which he was expelled is 



GIJAXU CONSTITUTION AND GRAND STATUTES 13;j 

located, for permission to apply to such lodge for reinstatement. 
He shall accompany such petition with a full statement of the 
facts upon which he relies to justify his application, and by proof 
that he has notified the lodge of his intention to make such pe- 
tition. If such petition be granted by the Grand Chancellor, the 
petitioner may thereupon make application to the lodge by which 
he was expelled for reinstatement, and such lodge may, after 
hearing, grant the application for reinstatement; provided at 
least one week's notice has been given to every member of such 
lodge of the meeting at which action thereon will be taken, and 
provided, also, that not less than two-thirds of the members 
present at such meeting, and entitled to vote, shall vote in favor 
thereof. 

Enacted 1898. 

354-B. When a lodge by whose action a member has been 
expelled becomes defunct, he may petition the Grand Ciancellor 
of the Domain in which such defunct lodge was located for re- 
instatement to membership in the Order. He shall accompany 
such petition with a full statement of the facts upon which he 
relies to justify his application; whereupon, the Grand Chancel- 
lor shall make such investigation as he may deem advisable and 
necessary as to the propriety of granting the petition, and shall 
submit the petition, together with the results of his investiga- 
tion to the Grand lodge at its next convention. Should the Grand 
Lodge grant the petition by a two-thirds vote of the members 
present, the Grand Chancellor shall direct the Grand Keeper of 
Records and Seal to issue to the applicant a Grand Lodge card, 
and shall cause to be endorsed on back of same a brief state- 
ment of the facts in the case. The fee for the issuance of the 
Grand Lodge card shall be governed by the statutes of the 
Domain providing for the issuance of Grand Lodge Cards. 

Enacted 1898. 

TITLE VII. 

CHAPTER L 

RITUALS CUSTODY OF. 

391. The Rituals for Subordinate Lodges which, under the 
provisions of this Chapter, may be received by any Subordinate 
Lodge, shall be in the custody and control of the Chancellor 
Commander of such Subordinate Lodge, except when they may 



134 GRAND LODGE KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS 

be in actual use during a convention thereof. When not in 
use, they shall be kept by him securely locked in a box or 
other receptacle prepared therefor. At the installation of of- 
ficers for a new term, the outgoing Chancellor Commander shall 
deliver the Rituals in his custody to the installing officer, and 
they shall be delivered by such installing officer to the incoming 
Chancellor Commander, upon his receipt therefor. 

392. No Chancellor Commander shall loan any Ritual for 
Subordinate Lodges, which may be in his custody, to any of- 
ficer or member of the Order whomsoever, nor permit such 
Ritual to be taken from the lodge room; but he may permit such 
Ritual to be used within the lodge room by any officer or mem- 
ber who has attained the Rank of Knight, who may desire to 
familiarize himself therewith, upon pledge of his knightly honor 
that such ritual shall not be taken from the lodge room. 

TITLE VIII 

CHAPTER I. 

SEMI-ANNUAL TASSWORD. 

396. The semi-annual password shall be communicated by 
the District Deputy Grand Chancellor or other installing officer 
to the Chancellor Commander of each Subordinate Lodge under 
his charge, at the time and in the manner provided in the instal- 
lation ceremony. 

397. Each Chancellor Commander shall, upon application 
therefor, personally and orally communicate the current semi- 
annual password to any member of the order who has attained 
the Rank of Knight, whose indebtedness to the lodge is paid to 
the beginning of the term for v/hich such password is issued, 
and who is otherwise in good standing in the Subordinate Lodge 
over which such Chancelllor Commander presides, and to none 
others, except as provided in this statute. 

Enacted 1896. 

398. Any member of the Order who has attained the Rank 
of Knight, and who is in good standing in his Subordinate 
Lodge, who shall be unable to obtain the password for the cur- 
rent semi-annual term personallly and orally from the Chan- 
cellor Commander of his Subordinate Lodge, shall be entitled 
to an order addressed to any Chancellor Commander to whom 



GRAND CONSTITUTION AND GRAND STATUTES 135 

the same may be presented, requesting him to communicate to 
the member named therein the password for the semi-annual 
term in which such order is dated. 

399. No order for the semi-annual password shall be issued 
to a member of a Subordinate Lodge, at a time or during a 
.period when such Subordinate Lodge shall be without the word 
and not entitled to the promulgation thereof. 

400. Upon presentation of an order for the semi-annual 
password, upon an official blank dated in the current semi- 
annual term and properly signed and sealed, together with an 
official receipt described therein, to any Chancellor Commander, 
by one who shall by personal identification or examination in 
the secret work, or both, prove himself to be the person desig- 
nated in such order and official receipt, then such Chancellor 
Commander shall personally and orally communicate to him 
the semi-annual password described therein; provided that, 
should the person presenting such order and official receipt be 
intoxicated or insane, then such Chancellor Commander may re- 
fuse to communicate to him the semi-annual password; but in 
such case he shall at once notify the Chancellor Commander 
issuing the order, of his action and of the reason therefor. 
When a Chancellor Commander shall invest a brother with the 
semi-annual password under the provisions of this section, he 
shall in every case immediately take up and destroy the order 
therefor. 

402. The use of the semi-annual password shall be at all 
times strictly limited by the provisions of the Rituals of the 
Order. 

TITLE IX 
CHAPTER I. 

TO DEFINE OFFENSES AGAINST THE ORDER, AND TO TRESCRIBE THE 
PENALTIES WHICH MAY BE INFLICTED THEREFOR. 

405. Any member of the Order who shall violate any pledge 
contained in the obligations of any Rank of Knighthood, or of any 
legislative rank which he may have received, shall be deemed 
guilty of an offense against the Order, and shalll be subject, 
upon conviction thereof, to expulsion from the Order, to sus- 



136 GEAND LODGE KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS 

pension from the Order for a definite period, or to suspension 
from the Order for an indefinite period. 

406. Any member of the Order who shall violate any law 
of the state or country of his residence, or any of the rules of 
reputable society, shall be deemed guilty of conduct unbecom- 
ing a Knight of Pythias, and upon conviction thereof, may be 
punished by reprimand, by suspension, either definite or in-, 
definite, or by expulsion, and not otherwise, as may be de- 
termined by the Subordinate Lodge before whom his guilt has 
been established. The certified record of any court before 
whom the member has been convicted of such offense may be 
used as evidence in his trial by the lodge, but shall not be con- 
clusive of his guilt. 

407. Any member of the Order who shall defraud, or at- 
tempt to defraud the Supreme Lodge, or who shall publicly 
attack or scandalize the Supreme Lodge or any officer or mem- 
ber fhereof as such, or the Supreme Tribunal or any Supreme 
Tribune as such, shall be deemed guilty of an offense against 
the Order, and upon conviction thereof, he may be punished by 
reprimand, by suspension, either definite or indefinite, or by 
expulsion from the Order. 

408. Any member of the Order who shall neglect or refuse 
to obey the Supreme Law or any part thereof, or who shall ne- 
glect or refuse to oi)ey any legal mandate or order of the Su- 
preme Chancellor, shall be deemed guilty of an offense against 
the Order, and, upon conviction thereof, may be punished by 
reprimand, by suspension, either definite or indefinite or by 
expulsion. 

409. Any member of the Order who shall neglect or refuse 
obedience to the laws enacted by his Grand Lodge, or to the 
legal mandates of any officer thereof, or who shall defraud or at- 
tempt to defraud such Grand Lodge, or who shall publicly attack 
or scandalize such Grand Lodge or any member thereof as 
such, shall be deemed guilty of an offense against the Order, and 
upon conviction mereof, may be punished by reprimand, sus- 
pension, either definite or indefinite, or by expulsion from the 
Order. 

410. Any member of the Order w^ho shall wilfully violate 
any law or by-law of his Subordinate Lodge, or who shall de- 



GEAND CONSTITUTION AND GRAND STATUTES loT 

fraud or attempt to defraud such lodge, or who shall publicly at- 
tack or scandalize such lodge or the Order or any member 
thereof as such, shall be deemed guilty of an offense against 
the order, and, upon conviction thereof, may be punished by 
reprimand, by fine, by suspension, either definite or indefinite, 
or by expulsion from the Order. 

411. Any member of the Order not now engaged in either 
of the occupations known as professional gambler, saloonkeeper, 
bartender or retail dealer in spirituous liquors, wine, ale or 
beer (except as a bona fide hotel keeper or druggist), who shall 
hereafter engage in either of such occupations, shall be deemed 
guilty of an offnse against the Order, and, upon conviction 
thereof, shall be suspended or expelled, as the Subordinate 
Lodge of which he is a mem.ber may determine. 

412. Any member of the Order, hereafter initiated, who 
shall engage in either of the occupations known as saloonkeeper, 
bartender or retail dealer in spirituous liquors, wine, ale or 
beer (except as a bona fide hotel keeper or druggist), or who 
shall become a professional gambler, shall be deemed guilty 
of an offense against the Order, and, upon conviction thereof, 
shall be punished by suspension for a definite or indefinite time 
or by expulsion. 

413. Any officer of the Grand Lodge or of any Subordinate 
Lodge who shajl be guilty of any malfeasance in office, or of 
wilful neglect or refusal promptly and faithfully to discharge 
the duties of such office, shall be deemed guilty of an offense 
against the Order, and upon conviction thereof, may be re- 
moved from office, suspended from the body in which he holds 
such membership, or from the Order, either definitely or in- 
definitely, or expelled from the body or from the Order; pro- 
vided that, of all offenses defined in this section, the body in 
which the offender may hold office shall have original jurisdic- 
tion. 

414. Wilful failure or refusal to abide by or perform any 
judgment, mandate or decree of rhe Supreme Tribunal, by any 
party thereto, is hereby declared to be an offense against the 
Order, the penalty for which, upon conviction shall be as fol- 
lows: 



138 GBAND LODGE KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS 

Paragraph 1. If an officer or member of the Order — expul- 
sion from the order. 

Par. 2. If a Grand Lodge or a Subordinate Lodge — revoca- 
tion of its Warrant or Charter. 

416. A member of the Order, who for any cause what- 
ever shall wilfully renounce the Order or the obligation thereof, 
shall be deemed guilty of an offense against the Order, and, 
upon conviction thereof, shall be expelled from the Order. 

417. For the purposes of trial and punishment, the words, 
"member of the Order," as used in this Chapter shall be held 
to include ex-members of the Order, suspended members and 
members under suspension for any cause whatsoever. 

CHAPTER 11. 

TO FORBID CERTAIN USES OF THE NAME, EMBLEMS. MOTTOES, DE- 
VICES, CREDENTIALS OR DirLOMAS OF THE ORDER, OR ANY TERM 
DERIVED FROM OR ASSOCIATED THEREWITH, AND TO , PRE- 
SCRIBE THE PENALTIES THEREFOR AND THE MAN- 
NER OF THEIR ENFORCEMENT. 

418. The use of the name of the Order, or of any term 
derived from or germane thereto, or tlie use of the emblems, 
mottoes or devices, credentials or diplomas thereof, by any 
body or organization of the Order, or by any member thereof, 
affiliated or non-affiliated, for any of the purposes or in any 
manner described in this statute, is hereby declared to be an 
offense against the Order, and is expressly prohibited and for- 
bidden. 

419. No body or organization of the Order, nor any mem- 
ber thereof, affiliated or non-affiliated, shall use the name of the 
Order or any term derived therefrom or germane thereto, or 
any emblem, motto or device belonging thereto, for the promo- 
tion of any lottery, raffie, gift, enterprise or other scheme of 
chance. The warrant or charter of any body or organization 
violating the provisions of this section shall be revoked. Any 
member of the order who shall violate the provisions of this 
section shall be suspended or expelled from the Order, as may 
be determined by the Subordinate Lodge having jurisdiction. 



GRAND CONSTITUTION AND GRAND STATUTES 139 

420. No body or organization of the Order, nor any member 
thereof, affiliated or non-afRliated, shall use the name of the 
Order, or any term derived therefrom or germane thereto, as the 
name or title of any association or society engaged in the busi- 
ness of life insurance or the payment of endowment, death or ac- 
cident benefits, or in any constitution, laws, circulars, adver- 
tisements or literature of such association or society other than 
the insurance branch of the Order; provided that this section 
shall not prohibit a Subordinate Lodge from paying to bene- 
ficiaries of its own members death benefits additional to or in 
excess of the amount provided by the laws of such lodge or 
prevent the members of lodges in the same Grand Domain from 
associating for the purpose of paying to members benefits during 
sickness only. The warrant or charter of any body or organi- 
zation of the Order violating the provisions of this section, or 
becoming a member of any such association or society, shall 
be suspended or expelled from the Order, as may be determined 
by the Subordinate Lodge having jurisdiction. 

421. No member of the Order, affiliated or non-afRliated, 
shall use the name of the Order, or any term derived tiere- 
from or germane thereto, or any emblem, motto or device belong- 
ing thereto, as a trade-mark, or in connection with any advertise- 
ment or circular, or in any other manner for his pecuniary bene- 
fit or business purposes, except in advertising the manufacture 
or sale of Pythian goods or publication. Any member of the 
Order violating the provisions of this section shall be subject 
to suspension or expulsion, as may be determined by the Sub- 
ordinate Lo'ige having jurisdiction. 

422. No body or organization of the Order, nor any mem- 
ber thereof, affiliated or non-affiliated, shall use the name of the 
Order, nor any term derived therefrom or germane thereto or 
to either of its branches, or shall display or cause to be dis- 
played any flag, colors, emblems, motto, credential or diploma 
of the Order, in, over or upon any place of business devoted 
to the sale of spirits, wines or malt liquors, and commonly 
known as a saloon, or in or upon any hotel bar where are sold 
spirits, wines or malt liquors, or in or upon any place of business 
devoted wholly or in part to any game or scheme of chance. 
The warrant or charter of any body or organization violating 
the provisions of this section shall be revoked. Any mem.ber of 



14G GRAND LODGE KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS 

the Order violating the provisions of this section shall be ex- 
pelled from the Order. 

423. No member of the Order, or of any organization there- 
of, shall, at any time, while clothed in the uniform of the military 
branch of the Order or any part of such uniform, or while wear- 
ing any jewel of rank or office in the Order, knowingly enter any 
public bar devoted to the sale of spirits, wines or malt liquors, 
or any gambling house, or any house or other place of notorious 
disrepute. Any member of the Order violating the provisions 
of this section shall be expelled from the Order. 

424. No body or organization of the Order, nor any member 
thereof, affiliated or non-affiliated, nor association of such mem- 
bers, shall use the name of the Order, or any term derived there- 
from or germane thereto, or any emblem, motto, device, banner 
or colors thereof, in connection with any demonstration, excur- 
sion, meeting, ball, concert or other entertainment given on the 
first day of the week, commonly known as Sunday, or in any 
advertisement, circular or other printed matter or announcement 
relating thereto or for the promotion thereof. The warrant or 
charter of any body or organization of the Order violating the 
provisions of this section shall be revoked. Any member of the 
Order, or of any organization thereof, violating the provisions of 
this section, shall be suspended or expelled, as may be deter- 
mined by the Subordinate Lodge or the division of the Uniform 
Rank having jurisdiction. 

425. No body or organization of the Order, nor any member 
thereof, affiliated or non-affiliated, nor association of such mem- 
bers, shall allow or permit the sale or gift of spirits, wines or malt 
liquors at any convention of a lodge, excursion, demonstration, 
ball, concert, or other entertainment which may be given by 
them, and at which the name of the Order or any term derived 
therefrom or germane thereto, or any motto, device, banner, em- 
blem or colors of the Order, shall be used. The warrant or char- 
ter of any body or organization of the Order violating the provi- 
sions of this section shall be revoked. Any member of the Order 
who, by himself or in association with other persons, whether 
members of the Order or not, shall violate the provisions of this 
section, shall be suspended or expelled, as may be determined by 
the Subordinate Lodge having jurisdiction. 



GRAND CONSTITUTION AND GRAND STATUTES 141 

TITLE X. 

CHAPTER I. 

RELATING TO THE PYTHIAN TERIOD AND THE ANNIVERSARY AND 
MEMORIAL DAYS OE THE ORDER. 

441. The Order of Knights of Pythias having been instituted 
and established on the 19th day of February, 1864, the Pythian 
Period is hereby declared to date therefrom, and each and every 
year thereafter shall succeed in numerical order, commencing 
with that date. 

442. The term "Pythian Period" shall be used in official 
documents emanating from or issued by any body of the Order, 
immediately after any date of the vulgar era, in style and form 

as follows : "This, the day of 

19...., P. P " 

443. The 19th day of February is hereby established as the 
anniversary day of the organization of the Order. 

444. The Tuesday following the second Sunday in June, of 
each year, is hereby set apart and established as the "Memorial 
Day" of the Order of Knights of Pythias, and all bodies of the 
Order are hereby authorized and requested to meet in their re- 
spective localities, upon said day in each year, whenever practi- 
cable and convenient, for the purpose of engaging in such ser- 
vices and exercises as may be appropriate to the occasion; pro- 
vided that a Subordinate Lodge may elect a different day for 
such services when the circumstances render it desirable. 

TITLE XI. 

CHAPTER I. 

TO TROVIDE FOR DIPLOMAS AND CREDENTIALS OF RANK OR OF HONOR 

IN THE ORDER, AND FOR THE PREPARATION, ISSUE 

AND USE THEREOF. 

446. Any member of the Order who has attained the Rank 
of Knight, and who is in good standing, shall be entitled to re- 
ceive from his Subordinate Lodge, at his request and upon pay- 
ment of the required fee therefor, a diploma of the Rank of 



142 GRAND LODGE KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS 

Knight, signed by the Chancellor Commander and Keeper of 
Records and Seal, and bearing the seal of his lodge. 

447. Any member of the Order who is in good standing and 
who has attained the honor of Past Chancellor, shall be entitled 
to receive from his Grand Lodge, at his request and upon pay- 
ment of the required fee therefor, a diploma of the honor of Past 
Chancellor, signed by the Grand Chancellor and Grand Keeper of 
Records and Seal, and bearing the seal of his Grand Lodge; pro- 
vided that, if the lodge of which such Past Chancellor is a mem- 
ber be not under the control of an existing Grand Lodge, then 
such diploma shall be issued upon like conditions by the Supreme 
Lodge, and shall be signed by the Supreme Chancellor and the 
Supreme Keeper of Records and Seal, and shall bear the seal of 
the Supreme Lodge. 

448. Any member of the Order who is in good standing, and 
upon whom the Grand Lodge rank has been conferred, or who 
has attained the honor of Past Grand Representative, shall be 
entitled to receive from his Grand Lodge, at his request and upon 
payment of the required fee therefor, a diploma of the Grand 
Lodge rank or of the honor of the Past Grand Representative, 
signed by the Grand Chancellor and Grand Keeper of Records 
and Seal, and bearing the seal of his Grand Lodge. 

451. Should the holder of either of the diplomas described 
in this statute be expelled from the Order, such diploma may be 
revoked and its return demanded by the body issuing the same. 

452. Any member of the Order removing his lodge member- 
ship from one to another Grand Domain, or to or from territory 
not under the control of a Grand Lodge, may obtain from the 
Grand Keeper of Records and Seal of his former Grand Lodge, or 
from the Supreme Keeper of Records and Seal, as the case may 
be, a credential, addressed to the Grand Lodge of the Grand 
Domain to which he transfers his membership, or to the Supreme 
Lodge, as the case may be, certifying to any honor or to any 
legislative rank attained by him; and it is hereby made the duty 
of the proper Grand Keeper of Records and Seal, or of the Su- 
preme Keeper of Records and Seal, to issue such credentials of 
honor or rank to persons entitled thereto, upon payment of tae 
required fee therefor. Such credentials shall be deposited with 
the body to which it is addressed, whereupon the name of the 



GRAND COXSTITUTION AND GRAND STATUTES 143 

holder shall be entered upon the register thereof, as of the honor 
or rank indicated therein. 

454. No credential or diploma of honor or rank in the Order 
other than those described in this statute, shall be recognized as 
authorized or valid; and all Keepers of Records and Seal of 
either Supreme, Grand or Subordinate Lodges are hereby ex- 
pressly forbidden to certify by their signatures, or to authenticate 
by the seal of their respective bodies, any credential or diploma 
of rank or honor in the Order, other than those described in this 
statute; provided that this section shall not be construed to affect 
the proper signature, authentication and validity of transfer 
cards and withdrawal cards. 

CHAPTER II. 

TO REGULATE APPEALS FOR AID BY GRAND LODGES, SUBORDINATE 
LODGES, OR MEMBERS OF THE ORDER. 

455. Appeals for aid, in behalf of a Subordinate Lodge or of 
a member or members thereof, may be issued and circulated 
within the Domain of the Grand Lodge in which said Subordinate 
Lodge is located, only by permission of such Grand Lodge or the 
Grand Chancellor thereof. 



RULES OF PRACTICE 



OF THE 



Grand Tribunal, Knights of Pythias 

DOMAIN OF IOWA 

ADOPTED AUGUST 24, 1 895 



ORIGINAL JURISDICTION. 

1. Pleadings, hearings and trials, except as by Rule or 
Statute otherwise provided, shall be governed by the rules and 
procedure of the courts of record of Iowa. 

2. The moving party seeking relief of the Grand Tribunal, 
shall be known as the "Plaintiff." 

3. The party against whom the complaint is made, shall be 
known as the "Defendant." 

4. The statement of facts presented by the plaintiff, and 
upon which he founds his prayer for relief, sLdll be known as 
the "Petition." 

5. Defendant's statement of facts, upon which he relies as a 
defense to the allegations of the petition, shall be known as the 
"Answer." 

6. A demurrer may be filed upon the grounds that the facts 
alleged are not sufficient to constitute an offense, or cause of 
action, or a defense, provided that the grounds of demurrer shall 
be specifically set out. 

7. The plaintiff may file a reply when some matter is al- 
leged in the answer to which the plaintiff claims to have a de- 



146 GRAND LODGE KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS 

fense, by reason of the existence of some fact which avoids the 
matter alleged in the answer. 

In other cases, the facts stated in the answer shall be deem- 
ed denied without further pleading. 

8. Whenever an objection is made to the contents of any 
pleading filed in a cause, which cannot be reached by a demurrer, 
it may be objected to by motion. 

9. Amendment to pleadings may be made, but after plea, 
demurrer or answer, it must be for good cause shown, and the 
party seeking to make the amendment must serve the opposite 
party with a copy of the proposed amendment at least one day, 
before filing the same, except when the Tribunal is in session. 

10. All pleadings shall be legibly written or printed, and in 
addition to the original as many copies thereof shall be filed with 
the Recorder as there are parties to be served therewith under 
these Rules and the Statutes. 

11. No petition or other pleading which embraces a state- 
ment of facts upon which an action or defense is based, shall be 
filed or considered, unless such pleading be verified by the pledge 
of honor of the party so pleading, and substantially in the manner 
and form following, to-wit: 

"The Order of the Knights of Pythias, within the Domain of the 

Grand Lodge of Iowa: 

"I (name of party) the (plaintiff or 

defendant) in the foregoing (style of pleading) 

named, upon my honor as a Knight, do hereby aflirm that 

I have read the foregoing (style of pleading) 

and know the contents thereof, and that I verily believe that the 
statements therein made, are true and accurate. 

"Witness my hand and pledge of honor, this day of 

A. D. 189 , P. P. XXX 

"Signed " 

If the pleading be in the name of a Subordinate Lodge, or a 
Grand Lodge, the verification shall be made by the Chancellor 
Commander or the Grand Chancellor, as the case may be, and 
shall be attested by the Keeper of Records and Seal, or the Grand 
Keeper of Records and Seal, as the case may be, with the seal 
of the lodge attached. 



GRAND CONSTITUTION AND GRAND STATUTES 147 

12. The plaintiff in his petition shall state the place of resi- 
dence and usual postofRce address of the defendant, and each of 
them if there be more than one. If the defendant be a Subordin- 
ate Lodge or a Grand Lodge, the plaintiff shall state in his peti- 
tion the name of the Chancellor Commander, or the Grand Chan- 
cellor, as the case may be, and his place of residence, and usual 
postoflEice address. The plaintiff shall also state in his petition, 
his own place of residence and usual postoffice address, the name, 
number and location of the lodge of which he is a member, and, 
if the plaintiff be a Subordinate or a Grand Lodge, the name of the 
Chancellor Commander or Grand Chancellor, as the case may be, 
with his place of residence and usual postoffice address. 

13. When the petition has been properly filed with the requis- 
ite copies thereof, the Recorder shall, without unnecessary delay, 
deliver or forward a copy thereof, duly authenticated over his 
official signature and the seal of the Grand Tribunal, to each 
party defendant by registered letter, together with a written no- 
tice that ten days thereafter, the cause therein described will be 
entered'upon the docket of the Grand Tribunal, which said notice 
shall be in manner and form substantially as follows, to-wlt: 
''The Order of Knights of Pythias in the Grand Tribunal: 

"In the name of the Grand Chancellor of the Order of Knights 
of Pythias, Domain of Iowa, Greeting: 

"To (Name of defendant or defendants) 

defendant you are hereby notified that (name of 

plaintiff or plaintiffs) plaintiff has filed a petition address- 
ed to the Grand Tribunal of the Order of Knights of Pythias, Do- 
main of Iowa, complaining of you, the said (name of de- 
fendant or defendants) as defendant. ., and praying that 

relief be granted in the premises by the Grand Tribunal, a duly 
authenticated copy of which petition, as the same remains on file 
and of record, is attached hereto. You are hereby required to 
plead to said petition on or before ten days after the date hereof, 
at the expiration of which time said cause will be placed upon 
the trial docket of said Grand Tribunal, and stand for hearing. 

"Witness, the Honorable Chief Tribune of the 

Grand Tribunal of Iowa, Knights of Pythias, this day of 

A. D. 189. ., P. P. XXX 

[Seal] "Signed 

"Recorder." 



148 GKAND LODGE KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS 

Such notification shall be of the date of the actual service or 
mailing thereof. 

14. Immediately upon the filing of any pleading, demurrer 
or motion, the Recorder shall, by personal service or by regis- 
tered letter, notify the adverse party or parties of such fact, and 
such notification shall be of the date of the actual mailing or 
service thereof. The Recorder shall furnish such party or parties 
with an authenticated copy or copies of such pleading, demurrer 
or motion. 

15. The plaintiff shall have ten days after the date of the 
service or mailing of the Recorder's notice to him of the filing 
of the defendant's answer within which to reply thereto, and 
either party may then proceed to take testimony. 

6. Demurrers and interloctuory motions may be heard, 
considered and ruled upon at chambers; and for the purpose of 
expediting pending causes, the Chief Tribune may make and 
enter his order as of the Grand Tribunal, requiring the parties 
to submit their arguments in writing upon such demurrer or 
interlocutory motions, filing six copies of the same in the office 
of the Recorder on or before a day in such order to be named. 
Immediate notice of such order shall be given by the Recorder 
to the parties to the record, personally or by registered letter. 
Upon the pleadings and arguments so filed, and the concur- 
rence of three of the Tribunes, the rule of the Grand Tribunal 
may be made and entered at chambers. 

17. The trial of causes shall be governed and conducted 
in accordance with the usually accepted rules of evidence, in 
civil cases of courts of record. 

18. The substantial rights of the parties shall at all times 
be considered a matter within the discretion of the Grand Trib- 
unal as against any hardship imposed by technical rules. 

19. The time for filing pleadings may be extended by agree- 
ment of the parties, or by permission granted by the Tribunal, 
or by the Chief Tribune in vacation or ranking Tribune in case 
of the absence or inability to act of the Chief Tribune, for good 
cause shown. 

20. Where a real controversy actually exists between two 
or more parties, the subject matter of which controversy is 



GRAND CONSTITUTION AND GRAND STATUTES 149 

within the original or exclusive jurisdiction of the Grand Trib- 
unal, the parties may submit the case to the Grand Tribunal 
upon an agreed statement of the facts and of the issues in the 
case. Such record in all cases shall be reduced to writing, 
signed by all parties thereto, and shall contain: 

(a) A clear and succinct statement of all the facts which 
pertain to the controversy. 

(b) A concise statement of the questions at issue be- 
tween the parties. 

(c) A pledge of the parties upon their Knightly honor that 
the controversy is a real one, and actually exists, and that the 
same is submitted in good faith for the judgment of the Trib- 
unal, 

(d) It must show that the parties submitting the same 
embrace all parties that are materially interested in the ques- 
tions involved. 

(e) If a Subordinate Lodge be a party it must be signed 
by the Chancellor Commander, attested by the Keeper of Rec- 
ords and Seal, under the seal of the lodge. If a Grand Lodge, 
it must be signed by the Grand Chancellor, attested by the Grand 
Keeper of Records and Seal, under the seal of the Grand Lodge. 

(f) It must show the residence and post-office address of 
each party, and in the case of a Subordinate Lodge, its number 
and location. 

APPELLATE JURISDICTION. 

21. Transcripts of the record submitted to the Grand Trib- 
unal on appeal or proceedings in error, shall be authenticated by 
the officer charged with the custody of the official record in man- 
ner and form substantially as follows, to-wit: 

"The Order of the Knights of Pythias, within the Domain of the 

Grand Lodge of Iowa: 

"I, (name and style of officer) 

hereby certify that the foregoing pages contain 

a full, true and correct transcript of the record in the case of 

(name of plaintiff) vs 

(name of defendant) lately pending in , . . 

(name of Tribunal in which case was tried, as the 

same remains of record and on file in my office. 



150 GKAND LODGE KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS 

"In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand (and 

affixed the seal of ) this the day of 

A. D. 18 P. P 

(Seal.) "Signed , 

"(Official title) " 

If the certifying officer be the official custodian of the seal 
of his lodge, or has a seal in his official capacity, it should 
be affixed to the foregoing certificate. 

22. Service of notices upon the adverse party of the filing 
of the transcript and assignment of errors and the making of 
application for the writ of error, shall be by leaving with the 
adverse party personally, or if the adverse party be a lodge, 
then with its presiding officer, a full, true and complete copy 
of such assignment of errors, together with a written notice 
of the time and place of filing the same, and making applica- 
tion for a writ of error; or service may be had by sending by 
registered letter the copy of the assignment of errors and notice 
aforesaid to the adverse party, or if the adverse party be a lodge 
to the presiding officer thereof, at the usual post-office address 
of such party or presiding officer. 

23. Within ten days after the filing of the assignment of 
errors, the plaintiff in error shall file with the Recorder six 
copies of his brief, and additional copies if required by the 
Recorder and at the same time shall serve upon, or mail to, 
the adverse party or his attorney of record, one other copy of 
such brief, and within ten days thereafter the defendant in error 
shall file with the Recorder six copies of his brief and shall at 
the same time serve upon, or mail to, the opposite party or his 
attorney of record, one other copy of such brief by registered 
letter. Briefs shall be legible, written or printed. 

24. Causes which have matured shall be set for hearing 
in the order of their entry upon the trial docket. Such cases 
shall be submitted upon oral arguments and brief or upon briefs 
alone. Whenever the time has expired for the filing of briefs, 
a cause may be considered by the Grand Tribunal in all respects 
as if briefs had been filed, and a judgment, order or decree upon 
the merits thereof, as represented in the record, or the Grand 
Tribunal may dismiss the same for a failure to file briefs. 



GEAND CONSTITUTION AND GRAND STATUTES 151 

25. A party who has failed or refused to file briefs as re- 
quired by these rules, cannot be heard on the presentation of the 
cause in which default occurred, except by permission of the 
Grand Tribunal for good cause shown. 

26. A cause shall not be considered as determined until 
a decision has been rendered and judgment entered in ac- 
cordance therewith. 

27. A mandate shall not be issued until after the expira- 
tion of a period of ten days after the decision of the Grand 
Tribunal and the entry of the judgment thereof; and immediately 
after the expiration of such period the Recorder shall transmit to 
the Tribunal below the mandate of the Grand Tribunal. 

28. Immediately upon the entry of a final judgment, order 
or decree, the Recorder shall notify the parties in interest or 
their atorneys of record of the decision of the Grand Tribunal. 

29. Application for rehearing shall be by petition addressed 
to the Grand Tribunal, signed by the party or his attorney of 
record, which petition shall briefly state the points wherein it is 
alleged that the Grand Tribunal has erred. Such petition shall 
be filed within ten days after receiving official notice by the 
Recorder that the decision complained of has been rendered, and 
shall be accompanied by six copies of a printed or legibly written 
brief of the points and authorities relied upon. 

30. The filing of a petition for rehearing shall not suspend 
proceedings under the decision complained of, unless the Grand 
Tribunal or three of the Tribunes thereof in vacation shall so 
order. 

31. If a petition for a rehearing be ordered, the Grand 
Tribunal may require that the adverse party shall be served 
with a copy of the petition and brief by the moving party forth- 
with and the adverse party shall have such time within which 
to answer the petition and brief of the petitioner as the Grand 
Tribunal may direct. 

32. Briefs shall contain (a) an orderly and concise state- 
ment of the facts as understood by the parties filing the same, 

(b) a statement of the contention between the parties, and 

(c) a concise argument of the points presented with the citation 



162 GRAND LODGE KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS 

of such authorities as the party may think proper. Said briefs 
shall be signed by tbc partites presenting the same, giving the 
name of the party in whose interest it is presented. 

THE RECORDER. 

33. The duties of the Recorder, except as may be herein- 
after specifically provided, shall be such as are usually incident 
to the office of clerk of a court of law, so far as the same are 
applicable to the transactions, business and affairs of the Grand 
Tribunal. 

34. Before entering upon the discharge of his duties, the 
Recorder of the Grand Tribunal shall take and subscribe to the 
following obligation: 

"I, (name of the Recorder) 

having been appointed Recorder of the Grand Tribunal, Domain 
of Iowa, do solemnly pledge my Knightly honor that I will sup- 
port the Grand and Supreme Constitution of the Order of Knights 
of Pythias, and that I will faithfully perform and discharge 
all duties of Recorder of the Grand Tribunal to the best of my 
ability. So help me God." 

This obligation may be administered by any member of the 
Grand Tribural and shall be filed among the official records 
of the Grand Tribunal. 

35. The Recorder under the direction of the Grand Tribunal, 
shall be the custodian of the seal, archives, records and files 
of the Grand Tribunal and under its direction, shall provide for 
the safety and proper preservation thereof. 

36. The Recorder is authorized to make and certify to, 
over the seal of the Grand Tribunal, transcripts of the records 
of the Grand Tribunal, and copies of the original papers on file 
in the office of the Recorder, and shall be entitled to charge 
and collect therefor at the rate of fifteen cents per folio, for 
such transcripts or copies, which fee shall include certification. 

37. The Recorder shall endorse on all papers or documents 
filed with him the date of such filing. 

38. The Recorder shall keep in his office a docket, in which 
he shall enter as of the date of receipt a brief memorandum of 
all petitions, transcripts and assignments of error filed in his 



GRAND CONSTITUTION AND GRAND STATUTES 153 

office, together with the names of parties and addresses, names 
of attorneys and addresses, nature of action, date of notice to the 
defendant of the pendency of causes, date of "docketing," made 
under the Statute, notices sent, action of Tribunal in brief, 
upon interlocutory and main question ,sso as to form a chron- 
ological brief of the history of the cause from the date of the 
filing of the petition to the entry of final judgment, decree or 
final order. He shall also keep a journal of the procedings of 
the Grand Tribunal, in which shall be recorded the official rules, 
orders and acts of the Grand Tribunal both in term time and 
vacation. Such journal when approved by the Tribunal and 
signed by the Chief Tribune, shall be the official record of the 
Tribunal. The Recorder shall keep such other books of record 
and account as may be necessary or advisable for the proper 
record and conduct of the affairs of the Grand Tribunal and the 
Recorder's office. All of the books afore named shall constitute a 
part of the records of the Grand Tribunal and be subject to its 
directions and control. 

39. At least ten days prior to any special sitting of the 
Grand Tribunal the Recorder shall officially notify the Grand 
Chancellor and parties in causes pending before it of the time 
when and the place where such sitting of the Grand Tribunal 
will be held. 

GENERAL PROVISIONS. 

40. In all cases either party may be represented by counsel 
of his own selection, who shall be a member of the Order in 
good standing. 

41. All notices required to be given by these rules, may 
be served upon the proper attorney of record, if the party or 
parties be represented by attorney, to the same effect as if served 
upon the party or parties individually. All such notices may be 
served by the party whose duty it is to give notice, or at his 
request the same may be served by any Knight of Pythias in 
good standing, who shall certify in his return thereof, upon his 
pledge of honor as to the date, hour and manner of such service, 
and to his standing in the Order, and upon whose request said 
service has been made. 



154 GEAND LODGE KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS 

42. Proof of service of notices required to be given by these 
rules and the Statutes may be by the written acknowledgement 
of the party served; or the return, in writing, upon pledge of 
honor, by the party making the service, reciting the particu- 
lars of such service as to time, place, manner and parties. If 
the service be had by registered letter, in addition to the re- 
turn aforesaid, all registry receipts must be attached thereto, 

43. The records of the G-rand Tribunal, including files of 
cases, shall be open to inspection by parties in interest, and in 
no case shall the records be removed or the files withdrawn, in 
whole or in part, from the office of the Recorder except upon 
the order of the Grand Tribunal, or the written order of a Grand' 
Tribune. 

44. The regular sittings of the Grand Tribunal shall be . 
held on the day just prior to the first session of the convention 
of the Grand Lodge in each year at ten o'clock A. M., and shall 
be held at the place of holding the Grand Lodge convention for 
that year. 

45. Special sittings may be called by the Chief Tribune at 
such other times and places as in his discretion may be necessary 
for the dispatch of business, and shall be so called by him when 
requested so to do by three Tl-ibunes. 

46. Testimony for the use upon a trial before the Grand 
Tribunal may be either oral or by depositions. Depositions may 
be taken upon reasonable notice to the adverse party or parties 
of the time and place of taking the same or upon commission 
with interrogatories attached. A commission may be issued 
by the Recorder upon the same notice, and in the same manner 
as provided by the Code of Iowa for the issuance of a commission 
to take depositions in civil cases. A commissioner to take such 
depositions shall be appointed in writing by a Grand Tribune; 
provided, that such commissioner must be a Past Chancellor of 
the Order. 

47. Members of the Order shall testify under the obligation 
as set out in Section 379 of the Statute, which may be admin- 
istered by a Tribune, or by the Recorder. When a member of 
the Order gives his testimony by deposition, the said obligation 



GRAND CONSTITUTION AND GRAND STATUTES 155 

shall be administered to him by the commissioner taking the 
testimony. 

48. The foregoing rules may be amended, changed, modi- 
fied, repealed or suspended at the discretion of the Grand Trib- 
unal. 

H. T. GRANGER, 

Chief Tribune. 
E. W. WEEKS, 
J. U. SAMMIS, 
J. B. WHITE, 
B. MURPHY, 

Grand Tribunes. 



INDEX TO CONSTITUTION 



Article Section Page 

Abridgement of rights IX 9 18 

Accident benefits IX 8 18 

Accrued rights Preamble 

Acts, Grand Lodge, evidence of VI 20 14 

Acquittals VIII 4 17 

Alternates, Grand Representative VI 5 11 

Amendments, Constitution X 1 19 

Supreme Constitution VI 11 13 

Appeals VIII 4 17 

Application of Laws " VI 12 13 

Appropriations, Grand Lodge VI 11 12 

Benefits, disability IX 8 18 

Benefits of the Order IX 7 18 

Bonds VII 11 15 

By-Laws VI 11 12 

Of Subordinate Lodge IX 9 18 

Card, fee for IX 6 18 

Castle Hall, display in IX 4 18 

Certificates VI 10 12 

Chancellor Commander, appoints VI 5 11 

Chancellor, Grand VIII 2 16 

IX 6 18 

Compensation of VII 12 15 

Disability of Vii 2 14 

Impeachment of VI '11 12 

Rights and duties of VI 11 12 

Removal of VII 14 

Past VllI 2 16 

Eligibility of VI 5 11 

Rights of Vf 7 11 

VI 8 11 

Deputy VII 6 15 



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Charters IV 

IX 
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Of Subordinate Lodges VI 

Supreme I 

Chief Tribune VIII 

Clause, enacting Treamble 

VI 

Resolving VI 

Committees, eligibility to VI 

Powers and duties VI 

Composition of Grand Lodge Ill 

Compensation of Grand Chancellor VII 

Of Recorder VIII 

Of Tribunes VIII 

Conflict of laws X 

Consent, unanimous X 

Consideration of propositions VI 

X 
Credentials VI 

Decision of Grand Tribunal VIII 

Decrees, Grand VI 

Department, executive V 

VII 

Judicial V 

VIII 

Legislative V 

VI 

Departments of Government V 

Deputy Grand Chancellors VII 

Des Moines, location Grand Lodge VI 

Disability benefits IX 

Dispensations VII 

For fees IX 

Display in hall IX 

Domain of Iowa, structure IV 

Effect, time of going into Preamble 

Election of Grand Officers VI 

Of Lodge Representatives VI 

Eligibility to Grand Offices VI 



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Enacting clause Preamble 

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Entertainments IX 

Error, writ of VIII 

Excursions IX 

Executive Department V 

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Ex post facto Preamble 

Evidence of acts of Grand Lodge VI 

Fees, for cards IX 

For ranks IX 

Flag, National IX 

Former law repealed XI 

General welfare VI 

Good standing VI 

Government, departments of V 

Grand IV 

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Disability of Vli 

Impeachment of Vi 

Removal of VI 

Report of VII 

Rights and duties of VII 

To designate VI 

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Grand Keeper of Records and Seal VI 

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Officers of VI 

Powers and duties of VI 

Quorum of Vi 

Special sessions of VII 

Structure of IV 

Time and place of VI 

Title of I 

Grand Lodge rank m 

VI 

Grand Master at Arms VI 

Grand Master of the Exchequer VI 

Grand Offices, eligibility to VI 

Grand Officers, disqualification of VI 

Election of VI 

Removal of VI 

Term of VI 

Trial of VI 

Grand Outer Guard VI 

Grand Prelate VI 

Grand Representative VI 

Grand Representatives VI 

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Election of VI 

Pay of... ,.. VI 

Requirements of VI 

Vacancy in VI 

Grand Statutes VI 

Grand Tribunal VIII 

Decrees VI 

Grand Tribune, impeachment of VI 

Removal of VI 

Grand Vice Chancellor VI 

Impeachment VI 

Instituting officer's report VI 

Introduction of propositions VI 

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Issue of Charters VI 

Jeopardy, plural, in trials VI 

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INDEX TO CONSTITUTION V 

Judgments, in trials VI 12 13 

Judicial department V 1 10 

Judicial powers VIII 1 16 

Jurisdiction, concurrent IX 1 17 

Of Grand Tribunal VIII 3 17 

Of Subordinate Lodges. IX 1 17 

Keeping Journal of Grand Lodge VI 20 14 

Knighthood IX 6 18 

Laws, application of : . VI 12 18 

Former repealed , , XI 1 19 

Governing Subordinate Lodges.. VI 11 12 

Grand II 11 9 

VI 11 12 

Supreme X 1 19 

Time of effect XI 2 19 

Legislative department V 1 10 

VI 1 10 

Legislative powers VI 1 10 

Limitation of propositions ' VI 13 13 

Lodge, Grand II 1 9 

Committees of VI 7 11 

Composition of ill 1 y 

Journal of VI 20 14 

Location of VI 9 12 

Officers of VI 1 and 2 10 

Powers and duties of VI 11 12 

Quorum of VI 10 12 

Special sessions of VII 8 15 

Structure of IV 1 10 

Time and place of VI 9 12 

Title of I 1 9 

Lodge, Subordinate IV 1 10 

Lodges, Subordinate IX 1 to 9 17 

Representation of VI 4 11 

Vacancies of Vi 5 11 

Vote of VI 4 11 

Membership IX 6 and 7 18 

In Grand Lodge Ill 1 9 

Minimum IX 1 17 

Minimum membership IX 1 17 



VI INDEX TO CONSTITUTION 

National flag IX 4 is 

Offenses VI 11 12 

Plural trials for VI 11 12 

Previous Preamble 

Oflicers, of Grand Lodge VI 1 and 2 10 

Grand, disqualification VI 11 12 

Election of VI 2 10 

Removal of VI 11 12 

Terms of VI 2 10 

Trial of VI 11 12 

Instituting, reports of VI 4 1] 

Ritualistic IX 2 18 

Of Subordinate Lodge IX 3 18 

Offices, Grand, eligibility to VI 2 10 

Qualification for VIII 2 16 

Official bonds VII 11 15 

Certificates VI 11 12 

Credentials Vi 11 12 

Reports VI 11 12 

Past Chancellor VI 2 10 

VIII 2 16 

Eligibility of VI 5 11 

Rights and duties of VI 7 and 8 11 

Past Grand Chancellors VI 1 10 

Pay of Lodge Representatives VI 4 11 

Of Grand Representatives VI 5 11 

Penalties VI 11 12 

Powers, executive VII 14 

Of Grand Lodge VI 11 12 

Judicial VIII 1 16 

Legislative VI 1 10 

Iriace of Grand Lodge VI 9 12 

Plan of revision Preamble 

Practice and Procedure VIII 6 1? 

Previous offenses Preamble • 

Privileges of the Order IX 7 and 9 18 

Procedure and Practice Vlii 6 17 

Proceedings, Grand Lodge, publication of VI 20 14 



INDEX TO CONSTITUTION 



Propositions VI 13 13 

To amend X 1 19 

From committees VI 16 14 

Enacting clause of VI 17 14 

Limited VI 13 13 

Passing of VI 4 11 

Reference of VI 16 14 

Resolving clause of VI 19 14 

Title of VI 14 and 15 14 

Quorum, Grand Lodge VI 10 12 

Subordinate Lodge IX 1 17 

Of Tribunes VIII 1 16 

Qualifications for Knighthood IX 6 18 

For membership in Grand Lodge VI 11 12 

Rank, Grand Lodge Ill 1 9 

VI 2 10 

Ranks of Knighthood IX 6 18 

Recorder VIII 7 17 

Reissue of charters VI 11 12 

Removal from office VI 11 12 

Repeal of former law Xi 1 19 

Reports VI 11 12 

Of instituting officers VI 4 11 

Representatives, Grand VI 1 and 4 lOandll 

VIII 2 16 

X 1 19 

Election of VI 5 11 

Pay of VI 5 11 

Requirements VI 6 11 

Vacancy in VI 5 11 

Supreme Vi 3 10 

VIII 2 16 

Election of VI 3 10 

Eligibility for VI 2 10 

Reservation of power VI 11 12 

Restoration of charters VI 11 12 

Revenue for Grand government VI 11 12 

Revision, plan of Preamble 

Revocation of charters VI 11 12 



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INDEX TO CONSTITUTION 



Rights, accrued Preamble 

In the Order IX 7 and 9 18 

Ritualistic officers IX 2 18 

Sessions, of Grand Lodge VII 8 15 

Of Grand Tribunal VIII 5 17 

Sickness benefits IX 8 18 

Special conventions VII 8 15 

Tribune VIII 2 16 

Standing, good VI 11 12 

Statutes, Grand VI 12 13 

Passing of VI 16 14 

Time of taking effect of VI 18 14 

Structure of Grand Lodge IV 1 10 

Subordinate Lodges IV 1 10 

IX lto9 17 

Institution of during recess G. L-. VII 9 15 

Representation of VI 4 11 

Vacancies of VI 5 11 

Vote Vl 4 11 

Sunday observance IX 5 18 

Supreme charter I 1 9 

Constitution VI 11 12 

Law X 1 19 

Representative VIII 2 16 

Election of VI 3 10 

Eligibility for VI 2 10 

Suspension of charters VI 11 12 

Term, Grand Officers VI 2 10 

Ritualistic officers IX 2 18 

Trustees VI 2 10 

Territory IX 1 17 

Time of election representatives VI .5 11 

Of Grand Lodge sessions VI 9 12 

Laws effective XI 2 19 

Revision effective Preamble 

Of work or business IX 5 18 

Title I 1 9 

Town, two lodges in one IX 1 17 

Trial VI 11 12 

Trials, for same offense VI 11 12 



INDEX TO CONSTITUTION IX 

Tribunal VIII 1 to 7 16 

Tribunes VIII 1 to 3 16 

Tribune, Chief VIII 2 16 

Grand VI 11 12 

Special VIII 2 16 

Trustees Vi 2 lu 

Election of VI 2 10 

Of Subordinate Lodge ,. IX 3 18 

Term of VI 2 10 

Two Lodges in one town IX 1 17 

Unanimous consent X 1 19 

Uniformity of requirements IX 6 18 

United States flag IX 4 18 

Vacancies, during recess VII 5 15 

In Grand Representatives. VI 5 11 

In Grand Chancellor VII 3 14 

In Grand Tribunal VIII 2 16 

In Grand Vice Chancellor. .' VII 3 14 

Vested powers VI 11 12 

Rights Preamble 

Vice Grand Chancellor VII 2 and 3 14 

Vote, to amend constitution X 1 19 

For disqualification VI 11 12 

For removal VI 11 12 

Of Subordinate Lodge VI 4 11 

During recess of Grand Lodge.. IV 1 lo 

Warrants VI 11 12 

VIII 4 17 

Welfare, General IX 1 and 4 17 

Writ of Error VII 9 15 



INDEX TO GRAND STATUTES 



Section Page 

Absence and trials in Subordinate Lowge 255 88 

Abstract of testimony in trials G. C. or G. T 74 44 

Other Grand Lodge officers 85 47 

In Subordinate Lodge 264 90 

Accounts of Grand Lodge 5,9 26,30 

Examination of 16 31 

Of Subordinate Lodge 170 68 

Examination of 179, 180 70 

Acquittal and benefits 193 72 

Adjournment of trials in Subordinate Lodges 266 90 

Age, persons over 43 37 

Aid to weak lodges 2 21 

Amendments on appeal or writ of error 132 60 

To by-laws, approval of 24 33 

To by-laws of Subordinate Lodge 230 to 233 78 

To charges in Subordinate Lodge 265 90 

To laws, vised by trustees Grand Lodge. 16 31 

To laws, in lodge room 291 97 

To pleadings and evidence in Grand Tribunal. .148 63 

Amount of mileage 20 33 

Annual election Grand Lodge officers 48 39 

Report of deaths 28 34 

Of Grand Chancellor 2 21, 22 

Of Grand B'eeper of Records and Seal .... 5 26 

Of Grand Master of the Exchequer 10 30 

Appeals from chair in Subordinate Lodge 213 75 

From judgment of Subordinate Lodge. .. .273, 274 91 

From reprimand by Subordinate Lodge 269 90 

On revocation of Grand Lodge cards 200 73 

To Grand Tribunal 123 to 141 58 to 62 

Trial Grand Chancellor or Grand Tribune 75 44 

Other Grand Lodge officers 86 47 

Affiliation by card, fees for 186 to 189 71 



Xll INDEX TO GRAND STATUTES 

Application for charter, report on 23 33 

Applicants for relief 285, 286 95 

For momtDership, divulging name of 236 80 

Appointment of Deputy Grand Chancellor 2 22 

Grand Master of the Exchequer. 7 29 

Grand Vice Chancellor 39 36 

Installing officers 47 39 

Officers of Subordinate Lodges 154 to 162 64 to 66 

Special committees of Grand Lodge 30 34 

Standing committees Grand Lodge 2 22 

Tellers in Grand Lodge 53 40 

Vacant Grand Lodge offices 84 47 

Appropriations by Grand Lodge initiation of 16 31 

Payment of 106 54 

By Subordinate Lodge, vote 194 72 

Arrangements, committee on. Grand Lodge 2, 29 22, 34 

Articles of consolidation of lodges 290 96 

Of impeachment of Grand Lodge officers 60, 78 42, 45 

Assessments on lodges for relief 287 95 

On members 185 71 

Disposal of 206 75 

Attack on Grand Lodge or its members 235 79 

Attendance on committees by G. K. of R. and S 5 26 

Required before committees. . , 32 34 

Attesting of official papers 5 26 

Audit, accounts of Grand Master of the Exchequer. ... 9 30 

Of Grand Lodge 16 31 

Accounts of Subordinate Lodge 179, 180 70 

Bills of Subordinate Lodge 177 69 

Committee in Subordinate Lodge 179, 180 70 

Authority, source of 1 21 

Badges of candidates 238 80 

Ballot, when required in Grand Lodge 110 55 

In election Grand Lodge officers 48, 53 39, 40 

For Subordinate Lodge officers 156 65 

In vacancy 41 37 

Form of 51 39 

Benefits, disability, and charges 193 72 

Limitation of 261 89 



INDEX TO GRAND STATUTES Xlll 

Bills against Grand Lodge 5, 8 26, 30 

Subordinate Lodges, audit of 177 69 

Payment 172 69 

Suspended lodges 202 74 

Binding printed matter 27 34 

Biographies of Knights 28 34 

Blank forms 5 26 

Blanks, filling of, in Grand Lodge Ill 55 

In Subordinate Lodge 225 77 

Bonds, all in surety companies 13 30 

Of Grand Keeper of Records and Seal 5 26 

Of Grand Master of the Exchequer 7 29 

Of Subordinate Lodge officers 178 69 

Books before committees 32 34 

Of Grand Keeper of Records and Seal 5 26 

Breach of trust by Grand Chancellor or Grand Tribune 60 42 

By other Grand Lodge officers 78 45 

By members 236 80 

Business, order of in Grand Lodge 113 56 

In Subordinate Lodge 234 7S 

In Subordinate Lodge, in Knight's rank 153 64 

Buttons of candidates 238 80 

By-laws, committee on in Grand Lodge 24 33 

Examination and approval of 24 33 

Of Subordinate Lodge 230 to 233 78 

Calamities, provision for 36 35 

Call of committee meetings 31 34 

Grand Council meetings 34 35 

Special convention of Grand Lodge 36 35 

Candidates for office, restrictions on 238 80 

Candidacy for the ranks 181 to 184 70 

Cards, Grand Lodge, revocation of 200 73 

Transfer 186 to 190 71 

Withdrawal, special privilege of 289 96 

Celebrations, public, by lodges 43, 44 38 

Certificate of cost of visiting weak lodges 2 22 

To Grand Representative 163 66 

Chairman of Grand Lodge committees 2 23 

Of Subordinate Lodge committees 222 77 



XIV INDEX TO GRAND STATUTES 

Chancellor Commander, duties and powers of Ill, 156 

166, 198 

213, 226 

234, 245 

; 251, 256 

269, 281 
290 

Election of 154 

Rights of 162 

Trial of 240 to 243 

Chancellor, Grand, absence or disability of 3 

Appoints clerk to G. K. of R. and S 5 

Deputies .... 2 

Grand Keeper of Records and Seal 5 

Grand Master of the Exchequer 7 

Grand oflScers pro tern 3 

Special committees 2, 30 

Standing committees 2 

Calls committee meetings 31 

Contingent fund 2 

Directs examination of accounts 16 

Duties and powers of 2, 34 

36, 43 to 46 

53, 56 

66, 71 

77, 84 

87, 101 

104, 115 

116, 123 

200, 233 

239 

Disability of 3 

Impeachment of 60, 78 

Renders opinions 2 

Seal 37, 42 

Vacancy in office of 37, 42 

Chancellor, Grand, Deputy, appointment of... 2 

Duties and powers of 43, 45 

47 

Exemplifies work 2 

Installs 2 

Special 2 



55, 


,65 


67, 


73 


75, 


, 77 


78, 


, 83 


87, 


, 89 


90. 


, 93 




96 




64 




66 




83 




25 




26 




21 




26 




29 




22 


22, 


34 




23 




34 




24 




31 


21, 


35 


35, 


38 


40, 


40 


43, 


43 


45, 


47 


47, 


53 


54, 


56 


57, 


58 


73, 


78 




81 




25 


42, 


45 




22 


36, 


37 


36, 


37 




24 


37, 


38 




39 




22 




22 




24 



INDEX TO GRAND STATUTES XV 

Chancellor, Grand, Past, eligibility of 57 41 

Chancellor, Grand Vice, duties of 3, 71 25, 43 

76 45 

Chancellor, Past, credentials of Ill 55 

Duties and powers of 47, 256 39, 89 

Installs 2 21 

Qualifications for 162 66. 

Chancellor, Vice, duties of 175 69 

Change of lodge meetings 43 38 

Charges against Chancellor Commander 241 83 

Grand Chancellor or Grand Tribune 61 42 

Other Grand Lodge officers 79 45 

To be preferred 239 81 

In Subordinate Lodge, how 271 91 

And sick benefits 193 72 

Charter 196 to 202 72 to 74 

Attesting of 5 26 

Fees for 98 51 

Membership fees 203 74 

Report on application for 23 33 

Return of 290 96 

Revocation of 2 23 

Suspension of 2, 151 23, 64 

239 81 

Chief Tribune, disability of 117 57 

Duties of 67, 80 43, 46 

118 57 

Election of 116 57 

Church services by lodges 44 38 

Citation, to testify in Subordinate Lodge 282 94 

Claims against Grand Lodge 5, 8 26, 30 

Against Subordinate Lodges, audit of 177 69 

Payment of 172 69 

Against suspended lodges 202 74 

Clerk to Grand Keeper of Records and Seal 5 26 

Codification of laws 17 32 

Collections for Grand Lodge 5 26 

Commands by Grand Chancellor 2 21 

Commission to Deputy Grand Chancellor 46 38 



xvi INDEX TO GRAND STATUTES 

Commission to take depositions, G. L 82 46 

Subordinate Lodge 281 93 

Committees Grand Lodge, appointment of 2 21 

Committees Grand Lodge, appointment of 2 23 

Attendance on by G. K. of R. and S 5 26 

Attendance on by G. M. of E 11 30 

Compensation of 89, 92 48, 49 

Duties of 5, 17 26, 32 

33, 87 35, 47 

Grievance, duties of 238 80 

Meetings 31 34 

Printing duties of 121 58 

Receive matters 5 26 

Standing 2 23 

Subordinate lodge, investigating 181 to 183 70 

General Relief 284 to 288 95 

Joint, on consolidation 290 96 

Relief 191, 192 71, 72 

Companies, surety 13 30 

Compensation clerk to G. K. of R. and S 5 26 

Committees of Grand Lodge 89, 92 48, 49" 

Deputy Grand Cbancellor. 2 24 

For exemplifying work 2 22 

Grand Chancellor 2 25 

Grand Keeper of Records and Seal 5 26 

Grand Lodge officers 88 to 93 48, 49 

Grand Master of the Exchequer 12 30 

Keeper of Records and Seal 169 68 

Master of Finance .170 68 

For visiting weak lodges 2 24 

Complaint of Subordinate Lodge 142 62 

Composition of Grand Council 34 35 

Compulsory evidence to Subordinate lodge 283 95 

Computation of mileage 20 33 

Conduct, unbecoming, in G. C. or G. T 60 42 

In other Grand lodge officers 78 45 

In member order 235, 236 79, 80 

Conferring Grand lodge rank, time of 113 56 

Consolidation of causes 147 63 

Of lodges 289, 290 96 



INDEX TO GRAND STATUTES XVll 

Contempt of Grand Tribunal 139 61 

By Subordinate lodge 237 80 

Of Subordinate lodge 255, 282 88, 94 

283 95 

Contingent fund of Grand Chancellor 2 24 

Convening of Subordinate lodges by G. C 2 22 

Conventions of Grand lodge, special 36 35 

Of Subordinate lodge 150 63 

Conviction, requisites of , of G. C. or G. T 73 44 

Of other Grand lodge officers 84 47 

Of Subordinate lodge oflficers and members. .240 to 

283 82 to 95 

Copy of laws in lodge room 291 97 

Of proceedings Grand lodge, to whom 5 26 

Of records of trial Grand Lodge officers 74, 85 44, 47 

Of trial in Subordinate Lodge 268 90 

Of report of disbursements Grand Lodge, to whom 87 47 

Correction of record 135, 136 60, 61 

Correspondence, fraternal, editor, appointment of . . . . 2 23 

Duties of 19 32 

By Grand Keeper of Records and Seal 5 26 

Council, Grand 34, 35 35 

Duties and powers of 40, 41 36, 37 

Counsel before Grand Tribunal 138 61 

Of member in Subordinate Lodge 272 91 

In trial G. C. or G. T 68 43 

In trial other Grand Lodge officers 83 47 

In trial in Subordinate Lodge 263 90 

Credentials committee of Grand Lodge 18 32 

Of Past Chancellor Ill 55 

Crime in Grand Chancellor or Grand Tribune 60 42 

Other Grand Lodge officers 78 45 

Officers and members Subordinate Lodge 236 80 

Custody of bonds 5, 6 26, 29 

178 69 

Of deeds 6, 175 29, 69 

Of files Grand Lodge 5 26 

Subordinate Lodge 169 68 

Of funds 6, 171 29, 68 

Of jewels 14, 174 31, 69 

Of laws in lodge room 291 97 



XVlll INDEX TO GRAND STATUTES 

Of property 6, 171 29, 68 

174 69 

During conventions 14 31 

Of seals 94 to 97 50 

Of Grand Lodge 5 26 

Of Subordinate Lodge 169 68 

Death of G. C. or G. V. C ...;.. 37, 42 36, 37 

Deaths of knights 28 34 

Decisions of Grand Tribunal, rehearing on 137 61 

Requisites of 114 56 

Publication of 121 58 

Of Supreme Tribunal in tedge room 291 97 

Decrees, enforcement of 2 21 

Deeds, custody of 6, 175 29, 69 

Default in Grand Tribunal 149 63 

Definition of due notice 246 85 

Of fiscal year 292 98 

Delegation o^f power 47 39 

Delinquencies of Subordinate lodges 5 26 

Delivery to Successor Grand Keeper of Records and Seal 

5 26 

Grand Master of Exchequer 7, 10 28, 30 

Keeper of Records and Seal 178 69 

Master of the Exchequer 178 69 

Master of Finance 178 69 

Demonstrations, public, by lodges 43, 44 38 

Depositions in Grand Tribunal 145 62 

In trial of G. C. or G. T 65 43 

In trial other Grand Lodge oflBcers 82 46 

In trial in Subordinate Lodge 279, 281 93 

Deputy Grand Chancellor, appointment of 2 24 

Duties and powers of 43, 45, 47 38, 39 

Exemplifies work 2 22 

Installs 2 22 

Special 2 24 

Design of seals 94 to 97 50 

Disability benefits, and charges 193 72 

Of Chancellor Commander 167 68 

Of Grand Chancellor 3, 37 25, 36 

43, 60 37, 42 

78 45 



INDEX TO GRAND STATUTES XIX 

Of Grand Tribune 60, 78 42, 45 

Of Grand Vice Chancellor 37, 42 36, 37 

Disbursement of Grand Lodge funds 8 30 

Of Grand Lodge, report of 87 47 

Of Subordinate Lodges 172 ,69 

Discipline, uniform 2 21 

Disclosure of secrets 236 80 

Dismissal of charges 262 89 

Disorderly conduct in G. C. or G. T 60 42 

In other Grand Lodge officers 78 45 

In members 212, 236 75, 80 

Dispensations 2, 43, 44 22, 38 

Disqualification of G. C. or G. T 70 43 

Of other Grand Lodge officers 84 47 

Documents before committees Grand Lodge 32 34 

Of Grand Lodge, attesting 5 26 

Custody of 5 26 

Preservation of 5 26 

Of Subordinate Lodge 169 68 

Donations to Subordinate Lodges, disposal of 207 75 

Door, inner, of Grand Lodge, supervision of 3 25 

Dropping lowest candidate 54 40 

Drunkeness, by G. C. or G. T 60 42 

By other Grand Lodge Officers 78 45 

Habitual 236 80 

In Subordinate Lodge 212 75 

Dual joepardy of G. C. or G. T 72 44 

Other Grand Lodge officers 84 47 

Duces tecum subpoenas, by Grand Lodge 32 34 

By Subordinate Lodge 283 95 

Dues of Subordinate Lodge 227 77 

To Subordinate Lodge 185 71 

Duplicate cards, fees for 190 71 

Reports of Grand Lodge committees 33 35 

Duties of Chancellor Commander Ill, 156 55, 65 

166, 198 67, 73 

213, 226 75, 77 

234, 245 78, 83 

251,256 87,89 

269, 281 90, 93 

290 96 



XX INDEX TO GRAND STATUTES 

Chief Tribune 67, 80 43, 46 

118 57 

Committees of Grand Lodge 5, 17 26, 32 

33, 87 35, 47 

Of Subordinate Lodge 181, 183 70, 71 

191, 192 72, 95 

284 to 288, 290 96 

Deputy Grand Chancellor 2, 43 22, 38 

45, 47 38 
Elective officers of Grand Lodge 34 35 

Of Subordinate Lodge 166 to 177 67 to 6S 

General relief committee 285 to 288 95 

Grand Chancellor 2, 34 21, 35 

36, 43 38, 40 

46, 53 40, 43 
56, 66 43, 45 
71, 77 47, 47 
84, 87 53, 56 

101, 104 56, 57 

115, 116 58, 73 

123, 200, 233, 239 78, 81 

Grand Keeper of Records and Seal 5, 35 26, 35 

40 to 42 37 

50, 51 39, 39 

64, 65 42, 44 

73, 74 47, 48 

87, 89 50, 53 

95, 101, 111, 290 55, 96 

Grand Vice Chancellor 3, 71, 76 25, 43, 45 

Grand Lodge officers and committees 87 47 

Grand Master at Arms 14 31 

Grand Master of the Exchequer 2 6 22, 29 

13, 106 30, 54 

Grand Outer Guard 14 31 

Grand Prelate 4 26 

Grand Tribunes 114 to 122 56, 58 

Grand Trustee 7, 15 29, 31 

16 31 

Grievance committee 21, 238 33, 80 

Neglect of by G. C. or G. T 60 42 

By other Grand Lodge officers 78 45 



INDEX TO GRAND STATUTES XXI 

In Subordinate Lodges 212, 235 75, 79 

236 80 

Officers Subordinate Lodge ..166 to 180 67 to 70 

Past Chancellor 256 89 

Recorder of Grand Tribunal 80 to 82, 119 46, 57 

120 57 

Reporter of Grand Tribunal 121 58 

Special committees of Grand Lodge 30 34 

Tellers in Grand Lodge 51 39 

In Subordinate Lodge 156 65 

Vice Chancellor 176 69 

Editor fraternal correspondence, appointment of 2 23 

Duties of 19 32 

Effective clauses of statutes 293 98 

Elective officers of Grand Lodge 34, 35 35, 33 

And special conventions 36 35 

Election by ballot in Grand Lodge 110 55 

In Subordinate Lodge 156 65 

Of Grand Lodge officers 48 to 55 39, 40 

Time of 113 56 

To ranks of Knighthood 181 to 183 70 

Of Subordinate Lodge officers 154 to 162 64 to 66 

•Votes compelled in 195 72 

To fill vacancy 160 66 

Of Supreme Representative 57 41 

Electioneering forbidden 238 80 

Embezzlement . : 235 79 

By G. C. or G. T 60 42 

By other Grand Lodge Officers 78 45 

Emergencies 2, 43 22, 38 

Provision for 34 35 

Enforcement of decrees 2 21 

Of laws 2 21 

Of mandates 2 21 

Entertainment programs 29 34 

Entertainments, public by lodges 43, 44 38, 38 

Funds for 206 75 

Estimates of expenditures Grand Lodge 5 26 

Of finances Grand Lodge 16 31 



XXll INDEX TO GKAND STATUTES 

Evidence, compelling by Subordinate Lodge 283 95 

In trial of G. C. or G. T 65 43 

Abstract to be filed 74 44 

In trial other Grand Lodge officers 85 47 

In trials in Grand Tribunal 145 62 

In trials in Subordinate Lodge 275 to 287 92 to 95 

Preservation of 264 90 

Examination of accounts of Grand Lodge 16 31 

Of Grand Master of the Exchequer 9 30 

Of Subordinate Lodge 179, 180 70, 70 

Of bills of Subordinate Lodge 177 69 

Exchequer order 106 54 

Excuses from committee service in Subordinate lodges. 223 77 

Exemplification of secret work 2, 58 22, 41 

Expenditures (see Expenses). 

Of Grand Lodge, how made 106 ^4 

Of Subordinate Lodge, vote required 194 72 

Vised by trustees of Grand Lodge 16 31 

Expenses (see Expenditures). 

Of Deputy Grand Chancellor 2 24 

Of exemplifying secret work 2 22 

Of Grand Keeper of Records and S^^al 5 26 

Of Grand Lodge officers and committees ... 88 to 93 48, 49 

Reports of those of Grand Lodge 87 47 

Of visiting weak lodges 2 24 

Expulsion from the order 235, 236 79, 80 

Extension of time of appeals 126 59 

Of writ of error 129 59 

Fees, consolidation of lodges 290 96 

For charters 98 51 

For charter members 203 74 

For dispensations 43, 98 38, 51 

Forfeit of 184 70 

For Grand Lodge card 189 71 

For warrants, charters, and dispensations 98 51 

Membership 203, 204 74, 74 

Subordinate Lodge 99 51 

Transfer card 186 to 189 71 

Withdrawal card 188 71 

Files, Grand Lodge 5 26 

Subordinate Lodge , 169 68 



INDEX TO GEAND STATUTES XXlll 

Filling blanks, in Grand Lodge Ill 55 

In Subordinate Lodge 225 77 

Vacancies, in Grand Lodge offices 37, 40 36, 36 

41, 42 37, 37 

In Subordinate Lodge offices 160 66 

Finances Grand Lodge , 10 30 

Estimate of 5 26 

Subordinate Lodge 172, 177 69, 69 

Financial report of G. K. of R. and S 5 26 

Of Grand Master of Exchequer 10 30 

Fines for contempt of Grand Tribunal 139, 140 61, 61 

Illegal supplies 104 54 

Member lodge, amount of 253 88 

Disposal of 207 75 

Of Subordinate Lodges 99 51 

Fiscal year, definition of 292 98 

Forfeit of fees 184 70 

Form of answer to charges in Subordinate Lodge.... 250 87 

Articles of impeachment 63 42 

Blanks 5 26 

Certificates to Grand Representative 163 66 

Service of notice 247 86 

Charges against Grand Lodge officers 70 43 

Members 245 83 

Copy of charges in Subordinate Lodge 249 86 

Obligation of witnesses in Subordinate Lodge.. 277 92 

Reports of committees Grand Lodge 33 35 

Report committee private investigation 245 83 

Seals 94 to 97 50 

Secret acquittal 245 83 

Transcript from Subordinate Lodge 274 91 

Fraternal correspondence editor, appointment of.... 2 23 

Duties of 19 32 

Fraud 60, 78 42, "45 

235 79 

Penalty for 236 80 

Fund, contingent of Grand Lodge 2 24 

Special of Subordinate Lodge 205 to 208 74, 75 

Funds Grand Lodge, custody of 6 29 

Derivation of 98 to 104 51 to 54 

Disposal of 105, 106 54, 54 



XXIV INDEX TO GKAND STATUTES i 

Investment of 15 31 

Report of 87 47 

Subordinate Lodge, custody of 171 68 

Disposal of 205 to 208 74, 75 

Investment of 175 69 

Reports of 170 5S 

Funerals by Lodges 44 38 

Gambling, penalty for 236 SO 

General relief committee 284 to 288 95, 96 

General supervision 2 21 

Good of the order, report on 19 32 

Government, Grand, revenue of 98 to 104 51 to 54 

Grand Chancellor, absence of 3 25 

Appoints clerk to G. K. of R. and S 5 26 

Deputies 2 24 

G. K. of R. and S 5 26 

G. M. of E 7 29 

Grand officers pro tern 2 22 

Special committees 2,30 21, 34 

Standing committees 2 22 

Calls committee meetings 31 34 

Contingent fund 2 24 

Directs examination of accounts 16 31 

Disability of 3 25 

Duties, rights and powers of 2, 34 21, 35 

36, 43 to 46 35, 38 

53, 66 40, 43 

71, 77 43, 45 

84, 87 47, 47 

101 to 104 53, 54 

115, 116 56, o7 

123, 200 58, 73 

233, 239 78, 81 

Impeachment of 60, 78 42, 45 

Opinions by 2 22 

Renders opinions 2 22 

Seal of 2, 94 23, 50 

Vacancy in office of 37, 42 36, 37 

Grand Chancellor, Deputy, appointment of 2 24 

Duties and powers of 43, 45, 47 37, 38, 39 

Exemplifies work 2 22 



INDEX TO GEAND STATUTES XXV 

Installs 2 22 

Special 2 24 

Grand Chancellor, Past, eligibility of 57 41 

Grand Council 34, 35 35, 35 

Duties and powers of 40, 41 36, 37 

Grand Government, revenue of 98 to 104 51 to 54 

Grand Inner Guard, duties of 14 31 

Grand Keeper of Records and Seal 5 26 

And contingent fund 2 24 

Duties and powers of 5, 35 26,35 

50, 51 39, 39 

64, 65 42, 43 

73, 74 44, 44 

87, 89 47, 48 

95, 101 50, 53 

111, 290 55, 96 

Installation of 56 40 

Member committees 2 23 

Prints report of editor 19 32 

And weak lodges 2 24 

Grand Lodge accounts 5, 9 26, 30 

Examination of 16 31 

Arrangements committee 2, 29 23, 34 

Cards, fees for 188, 190 71, 71 

Revocation of 200 73 

Collections for 5 26 

Committees, appointment of 2 23 

Compensation of 89, 92 48, 49 

Duties of 5, 17, 87 26, 32, 47 

And G. K. of R. and S 5 26 

And G. M. of Exchequer 11 30 

Meetings of 31 34 

Standing 2 23 

Election, special order at 48, 49 39, 39 

Estimate of finances of 5 26 

Files 5 26 

Funds, derivation of 98 to 104 51 to 54 

Disposal of 105, 106 54, 54 

Investment of 15 31 

Reports on 87 47 

Inner door supervision -. 3 25 



XXVi INDEX TO GRAND STATUTES 

Jurisdiction 1 21 

Officers, compensation of 88 to 93 48, 49 

Duties of 34, 87 35, 47 

Election of 48 to 55 39, 40 

Have proceedings 5 26 

Impeach G. C. or G. T 61 42 

Installation of 56 40 

Pro tem 2 22 

Removal of 78, 84 45, 47 

Parliamentary law in ..112, 113 56, 56 

Proceedings, record of 5 26 

Verification of 26 34 

Printing of supplies for 27 34 

Property, custody of 6, 14 29, 31 

Inventory of 15 31 

Investment of 15 31 

Supervision of 15 31 

Rank, time of conferring 113 56 

Reports of deaths to. 28 34 

Requirements 2 21 

Rules, new 25 33 

Seal 95 50 

Custody of ... 5 26 

Limitation of 2 21 

Use of required 5 26 

Special conventions of 36 35 

Standing committees 2 23 

Stationery 5 26 

And trial G. C. or G. T 75 44 

Trustees, duties of .15, 16 31, 31 

Voting in 107 to 110 54, 55 

Grand Master at Arms, duties of 14 31 

Grand Master of the Exchequer, duties of 2, 6 to 13 22, 29, 30 

106 54 

Installation of 56 4t> 

Member committee 2 23 

Grand officers, reports, action on 23, 26 33, 34 

Grand Outer Guard, duties of 14 31 

Grand Prelate, duties of 4 26 

Grand Representative, eligible to G. V. C 40 36 

Forfeiture of seat 228 77 



INDEX TO GRAND STATUTES XXVll 

Impeaches G. C. or G. T 61 42 

Jewel of 166 67 

Qualification for 163 66 

Report of 165 67 

Grand Statutes, in effect 293 98 

In lodge room 291 97 

Grand Tribunal as court of impeachment 62 42 

Jurisdiction of 240 82 

Recorder, duties of 80, 81 46, 46 

82, 85 46, 47 

Enforcement of orders of 2 21 

Opinions 2 21 

Organization of 114 to 122 56 to 58 

Quorum of 114 56 

Seal 96 50 

Status of 114 to 149 56 to 63 

Tries Grand Lodge officers 80 46 

Vacancy in 71 43 

How filled 77 45 

Grand Tribune, impeachment of ...60, 78 42, 45 

Grand Trustees 15, 16 31, 31 

To fix bond G. M. of E 7 29 

Grand Vice Chancellor, duties and powers 3 25 

Grievance committee. Grand Lodge 2 24 

Duties of 21, 238 33, 80 

Hall, castle, removal of lodge 43 38 

Hotel rates 29 34 

Illegal supplies 102, 103 54, 54 

Immoral conduct by G. C. or G. T 60 42 

By other Grand Lodge officers 78 45 

By members 236 80 

Impeachment of G. C. or G, T. succession in 60 to 78 42 to 45 

Of G. C. or G. V. C 37, 42 36, 37 

Imprisoned persons and appeals 124 58 

And writs of error , 129 59 

Infants, and appeals 124 58 

And writs of error 129 59 

Inner door of Grand Lodge, supervision of 3 25 

Inner Guard, election of 154 64 

Grand, duties of ,.,..., 14 STl 



XXVlll INDEX TO GRAND STATUTES 

Insane persons and appeals 124 58 

And writs of error 129 59 

Inspection of accounts of Grand Lodge 5 26 

(See Audit). 

Installation of Grand Vice Chancellor pro tern 39 36 

Of officers chosen by grand council.... 42 37 

Of officers elect of Grand lodge 56 40 

Time of 113 56 

Of officers of Subordinate Lodge 2, 46 23, 38 

47, 229 39, 78 

Institution of Subordinate Lodge 2 23 

Insurance of Subordinate Lodge property 175 69 

Interests of the order, betrayal of by G. C. or G. T.. 60 42 

By other Grand Lodge officers 79 45 

By members 236 80 

Intoxication by G. C. or G. T 60 42 

By other Grand Lodge oflS.cers 78 45 

Habitual 236 80 

In Subordinate Lodge ..232 75 

Inventory Subordinate Lodge property 176 69 

Investment of Grand Lodge funds 15 31 

Of Subordinate Lodge funds 175 69 

Investigating committee, Subordinate Lodge. . . .181 to 183 70 

245, 248 83, 86 

Jeopardy, dual of G. C. and G. T 72 44 

Of other Grand Lodge ofllcers 84 47 

Jewels, Grand Lodge, custody of 14 31 

Of Grand Representatives 164 67 

Mandatory in Subordinate Lodges 210 75 

Return of Subordinate Lodge 290 96 

Journal of Grand Lodge 5 26 

Verification of 26 34 

Judgment, change of 130 59 

Against G. C. or G. T 70 43 

Other Grand officers 84 47 

In Subordinate Lodge trials, enforcement of 269 90 

Notice of 254 88 

Suspension of 131 60 



INDEX TO GEAND STATUTES xxix 

Keeper of Records and Seal, duties of 40, 43 36, 37 

97, 111 55, 57 

158, 168 65, 68 

169, 201 68, 74 

223, 226 77, 77 

233, 239 78, 81 

245, 249 83, 86 

251, 264 87, 90 

268, 271 90, 91 

274, 281 91, 93 

282 94 

290 96 

Election of 154 64 

Keeper of Records and Seal, Grand, and contingent fund 2 24 

Duties of 5, 35 26, 35 

40 to 43, 50, 51 36, 39 

64, 65 42, 43 

73, 74 44, 44 

87, 89 47, 48 

95, 101 50, 53 

111, 290 55, 96 

Installation of 56 40 

Member committees 2 "23 

Prints editor's reports 19 32 

And weak lodges '. 2 25 

Knigiits (see Members). 
Knighthood (see Membership). 

Laws, amendments to vised by trustees 16 31 

Codification of 17 32 

Enforcement of 2 21 

Governing Subordinate Lodges 150 to 283 63 to 95 

Of Grand and Supreme Lodges 2 21 

In lodge room 291 97 

Parliamentary 112, 113 56, 56 

In Subordinate Lodge. . 209 to 225, 234 75 to 77, 78 

Revision of by judiciary committee 17 32 

State, violation of by G. C. or G. T 60 to 77 42 to 45 

By other Grand Lodge officer 78 45 

By member 236 80 

Leases, Subordinate Lodges 175 69 



XXX INDEX TO GEAND STATUTES 

Limitation of appeals to Grand Tribunal 124 to 127 58, 59 

Of assessments for relief 287 95 

Of benefits by suspension 261 89 

Of business at special meeting Sub. Lodge 152 64 

Of by-laws of Subordinate Lodge 233 78 

Of consolidation of Lodges 289 96 

Of delegation of duty 47 39 

Of dismissal of charges 262 89 

Of dues of Subordinate Lodges 185 71 

Of duties of standing committees Grand Lodge. . 27 34 

Of electioneering 238 80 

Of evidence in Grand Tribunal 127, 128 59, 59 

Of excuse from committee, Subordinate Lodges. 223 77 

Of expenditures of Subordinate Lodge 194 72 

Of initiation of candidates 184 70 

Of installation G. K. of R. «& S and of G. M. of B. 56 40 

Of installation of officers of Subordinate Lodge. 229 78 

Of issuing charters 196, 197 72, 72 

Of loss of rights by suspension or withdrawal. .289 96 

Of motions in Grand Lodge 55 40 

Of notice to G. C. or G. T 64,65 42, 43 

Of depositioEs 82 46 

To other Grand Lodge officers 81 46 

Of parades or public display 44 38 

Of power Deputy Grand Chancellor 43, 46 37, ^8 

47 39 

Grand Chancellor 43 37 

Special committees of Grand Lodge 32 34 

Special conventions of Grand Lodge 36 35 

Of punishment of G. C. or G. T 70 43 

Of other Grand Lodge officers 84 47 

Of rehearing 137 61 

Of restoration of property of lodge 201 74 

Of revocation of charter or warrant. 199 73 

Of seal of Grand Lodge 2 23 

Of service of subpoena by Subordinate Lodge. .282 94 
Of speaking in Subordinate Lodge. .214, 219, 220 76, 76, 76 

Of tickets voted 51 39 

Of time of publication of decisions 121 58 

Of trial of member. , 255 88 

Of use of Grand Lodge funds 105 54 



INDEX TO GEAXD STATUTES XXxi 

Of voting in Grand Lodge 107 to 110 54, 55 

For Grand Lodge officers 49 39 

Of withdrawal of candidate in Grand Lodge. ... 54 40 

Of writ of error 129 59 

Lodge, Grand, (see Grand Lodge). 

Lodge room, laws kept in 291 97 

Lodge, Subordinate (see Subordinate Lodge). 

Lodge, Supreme, report to 5 26 

Requirements 2 21 

Tax 5 26 

Lowest candidate dropped 54 40 

Maimed persons 43 38 

Majority decides in Grand Lodge 108 55 

In Subordinate Lodge 194 72 

And election Grand Lodge officers 54 40 

Reports of committees of Grand Lodge 33 35 

Malingering 236 80 

Mandates, enforcement of 2 21 

Manufacture of supplies 102 54 

Marshal of Grand Tribunal 119 57 

Master at Arms, duties of 174 69 

Election of 154 64 

Master at Arms, Grand, duties of 14 31 

Master of the Exchequer, duties of 171, 173 68, 69 

Election of 154 64 

Master of the Exchequer, Grand 2 21 

Duties of 2, 6 23, 29 

13, 106 30, 54 

Installation of 56 40 

Member committees 2 23 

Master of Finance, duties of 170 68 

Election of 154 64 

Master of Work, election of 154 64 

Meetings of committees of Grand Lodge 31 34 

Of Grand Council 34, 40 35, 36 

Of Grand Lodge, special 36 35 

Of Subordinate Lodges 43, 150 to 280 37, 63 to 93 

Special 152 64 

Called by Grand Chancellor 2 23 

Members, biography of 28 34 

Charter, fees for 203 74 



XXXll INDEX TO GEAND STATUTES 

Grievances of 21 33 

Offenses by 236 80 

Suspended, exceptional privilege of 289 96 

Trial of 244 to 283 83 to 9o 

Membership, attainment to 181 to 184 70 

Fees 208, 204 74, 74 

Memorial services by Lodges , 44 38 

Mileage, computation of 20 33 

Due, report of 20 33 

Grand Lodge officers and committees. .88, 89, 92 48, 48, 49 

And per diem committees Grand Lodge 2 23 

Committee of Grand Lodge 20 33 

Of Deputy Grand Chancellor 2 24 

Of visits to weak lodges 2 24 

Minority reports of Grand Lodge committees 33 35 

Monopoly of supplies 101, 102 53, 54 

Moral turpitude in G. C. or G. T 60 42 

In other Grand Lodge officers 78 45 

In members 236 80 

More than one rank at one convention 43 37 

More than one lodge in town, relief by 284 95 

Motions out oi order 55 40 

Name of consolidated lodge 290 96 

Necrology committee 2, 28 23, 34 

Neglect of duty by G. C. or G. T 60 42 

By other Grand Lodge officers 78 45 

By members 236 80 

New rules of the Grand Lodge 25 33 

Nominations, officers of Grand Lodge 49 39 

Time of 113 56 

Of Subordinate Lodge .155 65 

To fill vacancy 160 66 

Notice of appeal to Grand Tribunal 125 58 

Of applications for membership 182 70 

Of arrears of dues 170 68 

Of charges against a member 245 83 

Of citation as a witness in Subordinate Lodge. .282 94 

Of complaint Subordinate Lodge 143 62 

On counsel sufficient 270 91 



INDEX TO GRAND STATUTES XXXlll 

Of depositions 65 43 

In Grand Tribunal 145 62 

In trial Grand Lodge officers 82 46 

In trial members 275, 279 92, 93 

Due, definition of ' 246 85 

Of judgment of Subordinate Lodge 254 88 

Of meetings of Grand Council 35 35 

Of meetings Subordinate Lodge, special 152 64 

To officers elect 42 .37 

Of proposal to consolidate 289 96 

Of rejections 169 68 

Oi sessions of Grand Tribunal 122 58 

Of special meeting of Grand Lodge 36 35 

Of Subordinate Lodge 152 64 

Of trial of G. C. or G. T 64 42 

Of other Grand Lodge officers 81 46 

Of members 245 83 

Of writ of error 130 59 

Number of consolidated lodge 290 96 

On Grand Lodge committees 2 23 

Of tellers in Grand Lodge 53 40 

In Subordinate Lodge 156 65 

Oath of Grand Tribune, form of 118 57 

Obedience to law 2 21 

Obligation, administered by whom 118 57 

Of Chief Tribune 118 57 

Violation of 236 80 

Offenses against the order 102, 235 to 239 54, 79, 81 

Against Subordinate Lodge 159, 212 66, 75 

Office books and records of G. K. of R. and S 5 26 

Officers of consolidated lodge 290 96 

Grand Lodge, compensation of 88 to 93 48, 49 

Duties of , 87 47 

Election of 48 to 55 39 and 40 

Elective 34,35 35,35 

To have proceedings 5 26 

Installation of 56 40 

Pro tem, appointment of 2 22 

Removal of 78, 84 45, 47 

Reports of, action on 23,26 33,34 

Ritualistic may impeach 61 42 



XXXIV INDEX TO GEAND STATUTES 

And special conventions . . , 36 35 

Subordinate Lodge, appointment of 154 to 162 64 to 66 

Duties of 166 to 180 67 to 70 

Election of 154 to 162 64 to 66 

Installation of 2, 46, 47, 229 22, 38, 39, 78 

Removal of 159 66 

Rights of 161 66 

Trial of 161 66 

244 to 283 83 to 95 

Oflacer, presiding, of Grand Lodge 2 22 

In disability of Grand Chancellor 3 25 

Official signature of Grand Chancellor 2 ^3 

Opinions by Grand Chancellor 2. 22 

By Grand Tribunal 2 21 

Order, good of the, report on 19 32 

Interests of 36 35 

Protection of 34 35 

Order of business in Grand Lodge 113 56 

In Subordihate Lodge 234 78 

Orders by Grand Chancellor 2. 22 

Orders on Grand Master of the Exchequer 5 26 

Payment of 8 30 

Signature of 2 23 

On Master of Exchequer 172 69 

Organization of Subordinate Lodge 2 22 

Outer Guard, election of 154 • 64 

Outer Guard, Grand, duties of 14 31 

Papers before Grand Lodge committees 32 34 

Parades, public by Lodges 43, 44 37, 38 

Parliamentary law 112, 113 56, 56 

In Subordinate Lodges 209 to 225 75 to 77 

234 78 

Past Chancellor, credentials of Ill 55 

Duties and powers 47, 256 39, 89 

Intalls 2 22 

.. Qualifications for 162 66 

Past Grand Chancellor, eligibility of 57 41 

Pay of Clerk to Grand K. of R. and S '. 5 26 

Committees of Grand Lodge 89, 92 48, 49 

Deputy Grand Chancellor 2 24 

For exemplifying work 2 22 



INDEX TO GRAND STATUTES XXXV 

Grand Chancellor 2 22 

Grand Keeper of Records and Seal 5 26 

Grand Lodge officers 88 to 93 48, 49 

Grand Master of the Exchequer 12 30 

Keeper of Records and Seal 169 68 

Master of Finance 170 "BS 

For visiting weak lodges 2 24 

Penalty for contempt of Grand Tribunal 139, 140 61, 61 

On conviction by Subordinate Lodge 199 73 

Grand Chancellor or Grand Tribune 70, 75 43, 44 

Other Grand Lodge officers 84 47 

For illegal supplies 103, 104 54, 54 

For offenses 251 87 

Against the order 235 to 239 79 to 81 

Against Subordinate Lodge 212 75 

Refusal to inflict 239 81 

Of Subordinate Lodge 99 51 

In trials in Subordinate Lodge 258 89 

Per capita tax 98, 99 51, 51 

226 to 229 77, 78 

Per diem for Grand Lodge 2 25 

88 to 97 48, 49 

For visiting weak lodges 2 24 

Period of orders of Grand Chancellor 2 21 

Persons over age or maimed 43 37 

Petition for membership 181 70 

For organization of Subordinate Lodge 2 22 

Place of Grand Council meeting 35, 40 35, 36 

Of Grand Lodge committee meetings 31 34 

Of Grand Lodge, choice of, special order 55 40 

Of Grand Lodge, special conventions 36 35 

Of Grand Tribunal 115 56 

Of lodge meetings 43, 150 37, 6o 

Of trial of G. C. or G. T 64 42 

Of other Grand Lodge officers 81 46 

Of members : 244 83 

Pleas, to charges in Subordinate Lodges 250 • 87 

Of guilty, penalty after 258 89 

Plural lodges in one town and relief 284 to 288 95 

Ranks at one convention 43 37 

Powers of subpoena by Grand Lodge committees 32 34 



XXXVl INDEX TO GRAND STATUTES 

Powers of officers (see Duties; and under title of officer) 

Practice in Grand Tribunal 134 60 

Parliamentary 112 56 

Precedence of motions in Subordinate Lodge 220 76 

Prelate, Subordinate Lodge, duties of 278, 279 93, 93 

Election of 154 64 

Grand, duties of 4 26 

Preservation of ballots in Subordinate Lodge 158 65 

Of flies of the Grand Lodge 5 26 

Presiding in Subordinate Lodge by Grand Chancellor. . 2 22 

Officer of Grand Lodge 2 21 

In disability of Grand Chancellor 3 25 

Previous question in Subordinate Lodge 221 76 

Prices of supplies 100, 101 51, 53 

Printing committee of Grand Lodge 2, 27 21, 34 

Decisions of Grand Tribunal 121 58 

Proceedings of Grand Lodge 5 26 

Report of disbursements 87 47 

Report of editor of fraternal correspondence 19 32 

Privilege, exceptional of members with withdrawal cards 

or suspended 289 96 

Proceedings of general relief committee 288 96 

Grand Lodge, record of 5 26 

Verification of 26 34 

Subordinate Lodge 168 68 

Procedure in Grand Tribunal 134 60 

In Subordinate Lodge 209 to 225 75 to 77 

In trial of Chancellor Commander 242 83 

Of G. C. or G. T 61 to 75 42 to 44 

Of other Grand Lodge officers 81, 82 46, 46 

Profits of entertainments, disposal of 207 75 

Programs, public by Grand Lodge 29 34 

Property of Grand Lodge, custody of 6 29 

During conventions 14 31 

Inventory of 15 31 

Suspervision of 15 31 

Of Subordinate Lodges 174, 175 69, 69 

After disolution 198, 200 to 202 73, 74 

After suspension 151 64 

Proposed statutes, vised by Grand Lodge trustees 16 31 

Prosecution of a member, two methods of 245 83 



INDEX TO GEAND STATUTES XXXvii 

Prosecutor in Subordinate Lodges 245, 248 83, 86 

Protection of the order 34 35 

Public parades, etc., by lodges 43, 44 38,38 

Programs by Grand Lodge 29 34 

Quorum at election in Grand Lodge 53 40 

In Subordinate Lodge ." 156 65 

Of Grand Council 35 35 

Of Grand Tribunal 114 56 

Ranks of Knighthood, (see Membership). 

Election to 181 to 183 70 

Three at one convention 43 38 

Rank, Grand Lodge, time of conferring 113 56 

Rates, hotel and railroad 29 34 

Railroad rates 29 34 

Real estate, custody of deeds to 6 29 

, Recanvass of vote, election Subordinate Lodge officers. 158 65 

Recess, meetings of Grand Lodge committees 31 34 

Of Grand Lodge committees 56 40 

Recommendation to Grand Lodge on applications.... 23 33 

On reports and returns 22. 33 

Records and books, (see G. K. of R. and S.). 

Correction of 135, 136 60, 61 

Of general relief committee 288 96 

Of orders on Grand Master of the Exchequer. .. . 5 26 

Of printing of proceedings Grand Lodge 5 26 

Of Subordinate Lodge 168 68 

Transcript of to Grand Tribunal 127, 130 59 59 

Of trial in Subordinate Lodge 274 91 

Of trial of G. C. or G. T 73,74 44,44 

Of other Grand Lodge officers 85 47 

In Subordinate Lodge 264 90 

Requirements for 267, 268 90, 90 

Reference to committees of Grand Lodge 5 26 

Reform 26 34 

Regalia of Subordinate Lodge after dissolution 198 73 

200 to 202 73, 74 

Rehearing in Grand Tribunal 137 61 

t or Grand Lodge officers 86 47 

For member 255 88 

Reinstatement of Subordinate Lodge 201 74 

Fees, Subordinate Lodge 99 51 



XXXVIU INDEX TO GRAND STATUTES 

Rejected candidates, notice of 169 68 

Relief committee, general 284 to 288 95 

Subordinate Lodge 191, 192 71, 72 

Removal of G. C. or G. T 37 to 42 36, 37 

60 to78 42 to 45 

Other Grand Lodge officers 78 to 87 45 to 47 

Subordinate Lodge officers. 159 66 

Lodge hall 43 38 

Rendition of opinions by Grand Chancellor 2 22 

Rentals, Subordinate Lodge 175 69 

Report, annual of deaths 28 34 

Grand Chancellor 2 22 

Grand Keeper of Records and Seal 5 26 

Grand Master of Exchequer 10 30 

Auditing committee Subordinate Lodge 179, 180 70, 70 

Committee Grand Lodge 2, 22 23, 33 

How made 33 35 

Time of 113 56 

Editor fraternal correspondence 19 32 

Examination of, Grand officers 26 34 

Examination accounts of Grand Lodge 16 31 

General relief committee 288 96 

Un grievances 21 33 

Grand officers, examination of 26 34 

Reference of 23, 26 33, 34 

Grand Representatives 165 67 

Investigation of candidate 183 70 

Of Master of Exchequer 10 30 

Of Master of Finance 170 68 

Of mileage due 20 33 

Semi-annual general relief committee 288 96 

Grank Keeper of Records and Seal 5 26 

Lodges 99, 168 51, 68 

From Subordinate Lodges 22 33 

226 to 229 77, 78 

Of Subordinate Lodges, new 2 22 

Penalty for neglect 237 80 

To Supreme Lodge 5 26 

Of Supreme Representatives 58 41 

Of trustees Subordinate Lodge 176 69 

On warrants issued 23 33 



INDEX TO GEAND STATUTES xxxix 

Reporter of Grand Tribunal 121 58 

Representative, Grand, eligible to G. V. C 40 36 

Forfeiture of seat 228 77 

Impeaches 61 42 

Jewel of 164 67 

Report of 165 67 

Qualifications of 163 66 

Representatives, Supreme, appointment of 59 41 

Duties of 34, 58 35, 41 

Election of 57 41 

Eligibility to 57 '41 

Vacancy in 59 41 

Reprimand of member 256 89 

Resignation of G. C. or G. V. C 37 to 42 36, 37 

Resolutions for appropriations. Grand Lodge 16 31 

For expenditures to be vised 16 31 

Restoraiion of property of Subordinate Lodge 201 74 

Retrenchment 26 34 

Returns of Subordinate Lodge 5 26 

Request to call Grand Council 34 35 

For eKemplification of work 2 22 

Required attendance and documents before G. L. Com 32 34 

Revealing secrets 236 80 

Requirements Grand and Supreme Lodges 2 21 

Revenue of Grand government 98 to 104 51 to 55^ 

Of Grand Lodge 16 31 

Reversion of property to Grand Lodge 200 to 202 73, 74r 

Revision of laws by judiciary committee 17 32 

Review and reports committees 2, 26 23, 34 

Revocation of charters and warrants 2 23 

Limitation on 199 73 

Of Deputy Grand Chancellor 2 24 

Of Grand Lodge cards 200 73 

Rights of oflBcers (see Duties). 

Ritual, and Grand Chancellor 2 24 

Rules committee. Grand Lodge 2,25 21, 33 

Of Grand Lodge, new 25 33 

Of 'Grand Tribunal 134 60 

Of order... 112 56 

Of Subordinate Lodge 209 to 225 75 to 77 



xl INDEX TO GRAND STATUTES 

Salary of clerk to Grand^ Keeper of Records and Seal 5 

Grand Chancellor 2 

Grand Keeper of Records and Seal 5 

Grand Master of the Exchequer 12 

Seal of bodies 94 to 97 

Grand Chancellor 2 

Grand Lodge, custody of 5 

Limitation of 2 

On charters and warrants 5 

On orders on Grand Master of Exchequer 5 

Grand Tribunal required 146 

SulDordinate Lodge, required 2, 142 

249, 271 
281, 290 

Secretary of Grand Council 35 

Secrets, disclosure of 236 

Secret work, exemplification of 58 

Semi-annual report Grand Keeper of Records and Seal 5 

General relief committee 288 

Subordinate Lodge 22, 99 

168 

226 to 229 

Returns, Subordinate Lodges 5 

Service (see notice). 

Of notice, how made 246 

Of summons to G. C. or G. T 64 

Services, church and memorial 44 

Sessions of Grand Lodge 2 

Special 2, 152 

Grand Tribunal 115, 122 

Subordinate Lodge 150 

Special 2, 152 

Sick benefits and charges 193 

Signature of Grand Chancellor 2 

Source of authority 1 

Special committees of Grand Lodge, appointment of . . . 30 

Duties and powers of 30, 32 

Conventions of Grand Lodge 36 

Fund of Subordinate Lodge 205 to 208 

Meetings of Subordinate Lodge 2, 152 





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INDEX TO GEAND STATUTES xH 

Standing committees of Grand Lodge (see Committees) 

2, 17 to 33 21, 32 to 35 

Stationery Grand Lodge 5 2b 

Statutes, amendments to vised by trustees G. L 16 31 

In effect 293 98 

In Lodge room 291 97 

Proposed, vised by trustees Grand Lodge 16 31 

Revision of 17 32 

Stenographer in trials 278 93 

Stimulation of lodges 2 24 

Subordinate Lodges, assistance to 2 24 

By-laws of 24 33 

Charters and warrants 196 to 202 72 to 74 

Consolidation of 289, 290 96, 96 

Controversies between 141 62 

Convening of by Grand Chancellor 2 22 

Dispensations to 2, 43 22, 37 

44 38 

Grievances of 21 33 

Have Deputy Grand Chancellors 2 24 

Have proceedings Grand Lodge 5 26 

Laws governing 150 to 283 63 to 95 

Lists and votes 50 39 

New 2 22 

Oflacers (see each) 

Election of 154 64 

Installation of 2, 46 22, 38 

47 39 

Parliamentary law in 112 56 

Plural in one city 284 to 288 95, 96 

Presiding in by Grand Chancellor 2 22 

Reports of delinquencies 5 26 

Reports from (see Reports) 22 33 

Report on warrants for 23 33 

Requests for exemplification of work 2 22 

For opinion 2 22 

Revocation of 2 23 

Seal of 97 51 

Semi-annual returns of 5 26 

Sessions of 150, 152 63, 64 



xlii INDEX TO GEAND STATUTES 

Suspension of • 2, 103 23, 54 

151 64 

198 to 202 73 to 74 

239 81 

Visits to 2 21 

Warrants and charters 196 to 202 72 to 74 

Weak 2 24 

Subpoena (see Citation) 

By committees Grand Lodge 32 34 

Duces tecum 32 34 

Prom Subordinate Lodge 283 95 

Of witness to Subordinate Lodge 282 94 

Succession in office in Grand Lodge 37 to 42 36, 37 

Summons (see Citation and Subpoena). 

To trial of G. C. or G. Tribune 64 42 

Other Grand Lodge officers 81 46 

In Subordinate Lodge 249 86 

Supersedeas 131 60 

Of judgment of Subordinate Lodge 269 90 

Supervision, general 2 21 

Supplies of Grand Lodge, account of 5 26 

Printing of 27 34 

Of Grand government 98 to 104 51 to 54 

Price of 100, 101 53, 53 

Purchase and sale of ICl 53 

Supreme laws in lodge room 291 97 

Supreme Lodge, report to 5 26 

Requirements ' 2 22 

Tax 5 26 

Supreme Representative, appointment of 59 41 

Duties of 5, 34 26, 35 

58 41 

Election of 57 41 

Eligibility of 57 41 

Vacancy in 59 41 

Supreme Tribunal, decisions of in lodge room 291 97 

Surety companies 13 30 

Suspended members, exceptional privilege of 289 96 

Suspension of charters and warrants 2 23 

Grand Chancellor or Grand Tribune 70 43 

Other Grand Lodge officers 84 47 



INDEX TO GEAND STATUTES xliii 

Judgment 131, 269 60, 90 

Member 104, 235 54, 79 

236, 252 80, 88 

255, 260 88, 89 

261 89 

Subordinate Lodge 2, 103 23, 54 

151 64 

198 to 202 73, 74 

239 81 

Tax, per capita 98, 99 51, 51 

226 to 229 77, 78 

Supreme Lodge 5 26 

Tellers, Grand Lodge, appointment of 53 40 

Duties of 51 89 

Duties of 51 40 

Subordinate Lodge 166 67 

Term of Deputy Grand Chancellor 46 38 

Of Grand Lodge committees 2 23 

Of oflacers (see each). 

Of Tribunes 116 57 

Of trustees 154 64 

Testimony (see Evidence). 

Admissible in trial in Sub. Lodge 275 to 281 92 to 95 

Three ranks at one convention 43 37 

Tickets, preparation of 51, 52 39, 40 

Time to answer charges in Subordinate Lodge 250 87 

Of appointment of Grand Vice Chancellor 40 36 

Of relief committee Subordinate Lodge.. 191 71 

Of Standing committees Grand Lodge. ... 2 23 

Of business in Grand Lodge. . . .*. 113 56 

Of election in Grand Lodge 48 39 

Subordinate Lodge 154 64 

Of Supreme Representative 57 41 

Of Grand Lodge committee meetings 31 34 

Of Grand Representative's report 165 67 

Of Grand Tribunal 115 56 

Of hearing controversies between lodges 144 62 

Of installation officers elect. Grand Lodge.. 42, 56 37, 40 

Subordinate Lodge Appendix 107 



Xliv INDEX TO GEAND STATUTES 

For investigation of applicant 183 70 

Of meetings Grand committees 35 35 

Grand Council 40 36 

Grand Lodge 2, 36 21, 35 

Grand Tribunal 115 56 

Subordinate Lodge 43, 150 37, 63 

152 64 

Of nomination of officers Grand Lodge 49 39 

Subordinate Lodge 154 64 

Of reports Subordinate Lodge 226 77 

Statutes in effect 293 98 

Of trial Grand Chancellor or Grand Tribune.. 64 42 

Other Grand Lodge officers 81 4B 

Members 246 85 

Title of Grand Chancellor, pro tempore 39 36 

Transfer cards 186 to 190 71 

Transcripts in appeals 127 59 

And writ of error 130 59 

Trial of Chancellor Commander 240 to 243 82, 83 

De novo by Grand Tribunal 128, 130 59, 59 

For electioneering 238 8T) 

Of Grand Chancellor or Grand Tribune. . .61 to 76 42 to 45 

Of other Grand Lodge officers 80 to 86 46, 47 

In Grand Tribunal 127, 128 59, 59 

Of members 239 to 283 81 to 95 

New 133 60 

For offenses by members 239 81 

Of officers Sufbordinate Lodge. .161, 240 to 293 66, 82 to 95 

Of Subordinate Lodge 199 73 

Twice for same offe/ise 72, 84 44, 47 

Tribunal grand as court of impeachment 62 42 

Opinions of 2 21 

Organization of 114 to 122 56 to 58 

Quorum of 144 56 

Seal of 96 50 

Status of .114 to 149 56 to '63 

Tries Grand Lodge officers 80 46 

Vacancy in 71 43 

Tribunal Supreme, decisions of in lodge room 291 97 



INDEX TO GEAND STATUTES xlv 

Tribune, Chief, duties of 67, 80 43, 46 

118 57 

Disability of 117 57 

Election of 116 57 

Tribune Grand, impeacliment of 60 to 78 42 to 45 

Trust, breach of 60. 78. 236 42, 45, 80 

Trustees Grand Ix)dge, duties of 15, 16 31, 31 

Election of 48 39 

To examine accounts 16 31 

To fix bonds 7 29 

Terms of 15 31 

Subordinate Lodge 175 to 180 69, 70 

Election of 154 64 

Terms of 154 64 

Turpitude, moral, in G. C. or G. T 60 42 

Other Grand Lodge officers 78 45 

Members 236 80 

Unbecoming conduct 60, 78, 236 42, 45, 80 

Uniformity of discipline and work 2 21 

Use of seals, required 2, 142 23, 62 

146, 249 62, 86 

271, 281 91, 93 

290 96 

Vacancy in office of Grand Chancellor 77 45 

And Grand Vice Chancellor 37 to 42 36, 37 

Grand Tribune 71, 77, 117 43, 45, 57 

; Grand Vice Chancellor 37 to 42 36, 37 

Other Grand Lodge officers 84 47 

Subordinate Lodge 159, 160 66, 66 

Vacating office of Grand Keeper of Records and Seal 5 26 

Offices of Grand Lodge 56 40 

Office of Grand Master of the Exchequer 7 29 

Verdict in trial of G. C. or G. T 73 44 

Other Grand Lodge officers 84 47 

Member 251 87 

Vice Chairmen of Grand Lodge committees 2 23 

Vice Chancellor, duties of 167 68 

Election of 154 64 

Vice Chancellor Grand (see Grand Vice Chancellor). 



xlvi INDEX TO GRAND STATUTES 

Violation of state law by G. C. or G. T 60 42 

By other Grand Lodge officers 78 45 

By members 236 81) 

Violation of obligations or rules 236 80 

Visits of Grand Chancellors to lodges 2 22 

Of grand or supreme officers to Sub. lodge 211 75 

Viva voce vote in Grand Lodge 110 55 

Vote (see Ballot) 

On amendments to by-laws Sub. lodge 230 78 

On charges in Subordinate Lodge 251 87 

On consolidation of lodges 289 96 

To excuse witness in Subordinate Lodge 282 94 

On fines in Subordinate Lodge 253 88 

Required to convict G. C. or G. T 73 44 

Other Grand Lodge officers 84 47 

Member 257 89 

To terminate suspension of member 260 89 

In trials in Subordinate Lodge 253, 257 88, 89 

259 89 

Votes, number of to Subordinate Lodges 50 39 

Voting, method of for Grand officers 52 40 

In Grand Lodge 41, 48 37, 39 

52, 107 40, 54 

110 55 

In Subordinate Lodge 156, 194 65, 72 

195 72 

Vouchers of disbursements Subordinate Lodge 172 69 

Of Grand Master of Excheauer 8 30 

Warrants attesting of 5 26 

And charters, committee on 2, 22 24, 33 

For Subordinate Lodges 2 22 

196 to 202 72 to 74 

Return of 290 96 

Suspension of 239 81 

Weak Lodges, assistance to 2 24 

Welfare of order. .34, 36 35, 35 

Witnesses (see Evidence and Testimony). 

Withdrawal Cards 186 to 190 71 

Exceptional privilege of 289 96 

Fees for 188 71 



INDEX TO GKAND STATUTES xlvil 

Work, secret exemplification of 2, 58 22, 41 

Legal and uniform 2 21 

Writ of error, forms of 134 60 

In Grand Tribunal 129 to 133 59, 60 

In trial Grand LrOdge officers 86 47 

Yea and nay vote in Grand Lodge 109 55 

Year, fiscal, definition of 292 98 



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